The Letters of Horace Walpole - Volume III | Page 2

John. George Townshend's absurdities. "Tant mieux pour
Elle."--[N.] 70
31. To the same, June 28.-Siege of Quebec raised. Lady Stormont--72
32. To George Montagu, Esq. July 4:.-Visit to Chaffont. Gray's
taciturnity--73
33. To Sir Horace Mann, July 7.-Siege of Quebec raised--74
34. To George Montagu, Esq. July 19.-Visit to Oxford. Holbein's
portraits. Blenheim. Ditchley. --75
35. To the same, July 20.--76
36. To Sir Horace Mann, Aug. 1.-Wolfe's tomb. Death of Lady Lincoln.
Arrival of General Clive--77
37. To the Earl of Strafford, Aug. 7.-Fit of the gout--78
38. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Aug. 7-Fit of the gout--79
39. To George Montagu, Esq. Aug. 12.-Reflections on his illness--80
40. To the Countess of Ailesbury, Aug. 23.-Visit to Whichnovre.

Advises her ladyship to claim the flitch of bacon--81
41. To Sir Horace Mann, Aug. 28.-Duke of Cumberland's illness--82
42. To George Montagu, Esq, Sept. 1.-Account of his tour to the north.
Whichnovre. Litchfield cathedral. Sheffield. Chatsworth. Hardwicke.
Bess of Hardwicke. Newstead Abbey--83
43. To the Earl of Strafford, Sept. 4.-Visit to Hardwicke. Newstead.
Althorpe. Mad dogs. An adventure--87
44. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Sept. 19--88
45. To the same, Sept. 30--89
46. To George Montagu, Esq. Oct. 2.-Marriage of his niece Charlotte to
Lord Huntingtower--90
47. To Sir Horace Mann, Oct. 5.-Capture of Montreal. Projected
expedition. Lord Dysart. His niece's marriage. Death of Lady
Coventry--91
48. To George Montagu, Esq. Oct. 14.-Duke of York's visit to
Strawberry Hill. Intended expedition--92
49. To the same, Oct. 25.-Death of George the Second--95
50. To the Earl of Straford, Oct. 26.-Death of George the Second-- 96
51. To George Montagu, Esq. Oct. 28.-The new court. Manners of the
young King. Capture of Berlin--97
52. To Sir Horace Mann, Oct. 28.-Death of George the Second.
Capitulation of Berlin. Political movements--98
53. To George Montagu, Esq. Oct. 31.-Conduct of the young King--99
54. To the same, Nov. 4.-Bequests of the late King. Court and
ministerial changes. George Townshend's challenge to Lord

Albemarle--100
55. To the same, Nov. 13.-Personal conduct of the new King. Funeral
of George the Second. King of Prussia's victory over Marshal Daun--
102
56. To the same, Nov. 22.-Appointment of the King's household--104
57. To the same, Nov. 24.-The King's first visit to the theatre. Seditious
papers. "Anecdotes of Painting." Foote's "Minor." Voltaire's "Peter the
Great"--104
58. To the Rev. Henry Zouch, Nov. 27.-"lucan." "Anecdotes of
Painting"--106
59. To George Montagu, Esq. Dec. 11.-State of the ministry.
Threatened resignations--106
1761.
60. To the Rev. Henry Zouch, January 3.-State of the arts. Booksellers.
Dr. Hill's works. Architects--107
61. To George Montagu, Esq. Jan. 22.-A party at
Northumberland-house. Account of a play performed at Holland-house-
-108
62. To the same, Feb. 7.-Ball at Carlton-house. Death of Wortley
Montagu. Miss Ford's letter to Lord Jersey--109
63. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Feb. 8.-Mr. Conway's speech on the
Qualification-bill --110
64. To George Montagu, Esq. March 7.-On Mr. Montagu's being
appointed usher of the black rod in Ireland. Prospect of Peace. Rumours
of the King's marriage. Lord Pembroke's "Treatise on
Horsemanship"--111
65. To the Rev. Henry Zouch, March 7.-Voltaire's letter to Lord

Lyttelton. Colman's "Jealous Wife." "Tristram Shandy." Voltaire's
"Tancred"--111
66. To George Montagu, Esq. March 17.-Changes in the King's
household--112
67. To the same, March 19.-Ministerial resignations and changes.
Militia disturbances. Lord Hardwicke's verses to Lord Lyttelton. Death
of Lady Gower--113
68. To the same, March 21.-Speaker Onslow's retirement--115
69. To the same, March 25.-Feelings and reflections occasioned by a
visit to Houghton. Electioneering at Lynn. Aunt Hammond--115
70. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, April 10.-Prospect of peace. Death of
Sir Harry Bellendine--118
71. To Sir David Dalrymple, April 14.-Macpherson's "Fingal."--[N.)
119
72. To the Countess of Suffolk, April 15.-Election arrangements.-- [N)
120
73. To George Montagu, Esq. April 16.-Anacreontic upon Sir Harry
Bellendine--121
74. To the same, April 28.-Lady Suffolk. Account of a fire near
Sackville-street--122
75. To the same, May 5.-Death of Sir William Williams. Gray and
Mason at Strawberry Hill. Conversation with Hogarth--123
76. To the same, May 14.-Jemmy Lumley's battle with Mrs. Mackenzy.
Party at Bedford-house. Anecdotes--125
77. To the Countess of Ailesbury, June 13.-Thanks for a snuff-box.
New opera. Murphy's "All in the Wrong." Lines on the Duchess of
Grafton--126

78. To George Montagu, Esq., June 18.-Mr. Bentley's play of The
Wishes, or Harlequin's mouth opened"--128
79. To the same, July 5.--130
80. To the Earl of Strafford, July 5.-Anecdote of Whitfield and Lady
Huntingdon--130
81. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, July 14.-Apologies for not having
written. Approaching marriage of the King--131
82. To George Montagu, Esq. July 16.-The King's approaching
marriage. The Queen's household--133
83. To the Countess of Ailesbury, July 20.-Thanks for a present of
some china. Congratulations on Mr. Conway's escape at the battle of
Kirkdenckirk--134
84. To the Earl of Strafford, July 2)@.-Battle of