The Letters of Horace Walpole - Volume IV | Page 7

Feb. 7.-Death of Lady Orford at Pisa--268
209. To the same, Feb. 9.-Wolsey's negotiations. Value of Mr. Cole's
manuscripts. Character of Mr. Pennant--269
210. To the Earl of Buchan, Feb. 10.-Thanks for being elected member
of the Scotch Society of Antiquaries--[N.] 269
211. To Sir David Dalrymple, Feb. 10.-Sir William Windham and Sir
Robert Walpole, Archibald Duke of Argyll. Scotch Society of
Antiquaries. Portrait of Lady Mary Douglas--[N.] 270
212. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, March 2.-Reasons for becoming a member
of the Scotch Antiquarian Society--272
213. To the same, March 5.-Inquiries after Lord Hardwicke's
"Walpoliana"--273
214. To the same, March 29.-Contradicting a report of Mr. Pennant's
indisposition of mind--273
215. To the same, April 3.-Lord Hardwicke's "Walpolianae"--274
216. To the same, May 4.-Character of Dr. Farmer. On his own rank as
an author. Pennant's "Welsh Tour." Madame du Deffand's dog
Tonton--274
217. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, May 6.-Relief of Gibraltar. Lord
Cholmondeley at Brookes's. Winnings of Charles Fox and Fitzpatrick.
India affairs. Arrival of Tonton--275
218. To the same, May 28.-Scotch thistles. French politics. Resignation
of Necker. Proposals for a pacification with America. Charles Fox and
the Marriage-bill. Folly of retiring from the world--277
219. To the same, June 3. 'Projected French attack on Jersey. Siege of

Gibraltar. "The Young William Pitt's" first display. Mr. Bankes.
Theatricals. Consequences of lord Cornwallis's victories--279
220. To the Earl of Strafford, June 13.-Visit from Mr. Storer-- 281
221. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, June 16.-Sir Richard Worsley's History of
the Isle of wight. Nichols's Life of Hogarth. "AEdes Strawberrianae."
Miseries of having a house worth being seen-- 282
222. To the Earl of Charlemont, July 1.-On Mr. Preston's poems- -[N.]
284
223. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, July 7.-Orthodoxy and heterodoxy-- 284
224. To the same, July 26--286
225. To the Earl of Strafford, Aug. 31.-Difficulty of sending an
entertaining letter. Mason's English Garden. Marriage of Lord
Althorp--286
226. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Sept. 16.-Their long and uninterrupted
friend- ship. Madame du Deffand's papers. Henley bridge--287
227. To John Nichols, Esq. Oct. 31.-Criticisms on his Life of
Hogarth--288
228. To Robert Jephson, Esq. Nov. 7.-On his tragedy of "The Count of
Narbonne"--[N.] 290
229. To the same, Nov. 10.--[N.] 292
230. To the same, Nov. 13.--[N.] 293
231. To the same, Nov. 18.--[N.] 293
232. To the Hon. H. S. Conway,- Nov. 18.-On Mr. Jephson's tragedy of
"The Count of Narbonne"--294
233. To Robert Jephson, Esq. Nov. 18.-Favourable reception of "The

Count of Narbonne"--[N.] 295
234. To the Earl of Strafford, Nov. 27.-Surrender of the British forces
at York Town. Gloomy forebodings of the consequences. General spirit
of dissipation--296
235. To the Earl of Buchan, Dec. 1.-British disgraces in America.
Ancient portraits--[N.) 297
236. To Robert Jephson, Esq. Dec. 3.-On his expression of
dissatisfaction at some alterations in the scenes of his play-- [N.] 299
237. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Dec. 30.-The gout described. Etching of
Browne Willis. Character of Mr. Gough. Mr. George Steevens. Rowley
and Chatterton controversy--299

1782.
238. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Jan. 27.-Interview with, and characters of
Mr. Gough and Mr. Steevens--302
239. To the same,. Feb. 14.-Thanks for the loan of some manuscripts.
Society of Antiquaries. Description of his regimen. His great
nostrum--303
240. To the same, Feb. 15.-Specimen of Mr. Gough's "Sepulchral
Monuments." Antiquarian solemnities ridiculed. Count-bishop Hervey.
Martin Sherlock the English traveller--304
241. To the Rev. William Mason.-New French translation of the Elder
Pliny. Common jargon of Poetry--307
242. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Feb. 22.-Rowley and Chatterton
controversy--308
243. To the Hon. George Hardinge, March 8.-On the success of
General Conway's motion for putting an end to the American war- -309

244. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, March 9.-Character of Dr. Farmer.
Declaration of war by the Emperor against the Crescent. Ambition and
interest under the mask of religion--310
245. To the same, April 11.-His preference of English to Latin
inscriptions. Mason's Archaeological Epistle to Dean Milles.
Melancholy death of Mr. Chamberlayne. Dr. Glynn--310
246. To the same, May 24.-On his own illness. The Chatterton
controversy--312
247. To the same, June 1.-Bishop Newton's Life. Pratt's "Fair
Circassian." Cumberland's "Anecdotes of Painters in Spain"--313
248. To John Nichols, Esq., June 19.-Dr. Henry Bland the translator of
Cato's speech into Latin--315
249. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, June 21.-Old age and solitude. Marivaux
and Cr`ebillon. Multiplicity of writers. Errors in Nichols's "Select
Poems"--315
250. To the same, July 23.-Merits of Nichols's "Life of Bowyer." Dr.
Mead. Carteret Webb. Great men. Dr. Birch's Catalogue of Manuscripts
in the British Museum--316
251. To the Earl of Strafford, Aug. 16.-Inclemency of the season.
Robberies. Comte de Grasse. Mrs. Clive's declining health. Philosophy
of deceiving one's self--317
252. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Aug. 20.--[N.] 318
253. To the Earl of Buchan, Sept. 15.-Dr. Birch's