The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford: Including Numerous Letters Now First Published from the Original Manuscripts ...Lea and Blanchard, 1842 |
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... give it to a man that was stand- ing by . I must tell you of Stosch's letter , which he had the impertinence to give you without telling the contents . It was to solicit the arrears of his pension , which I beg you will tell him I have ...
... give it to a man that was stand- ing by . I must tell you of Stosch's letter , which he had the impertinence to give you without telling the contents . It was to solicit the arrears of his pension , which I beg you will tell him I have ...
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... give up the copies , and they were burned on the terrace of Lord Bolingbroke's house at Battersea , in the presence of Lord B. and Pope.-D. b In reference to this publication , Lord Bolingbroke himself , in a letter to Lord March- mont ...
... give up the copies , and they were burned on the terrace of Lord Bolingbroke's house at Battersea , in the presence of Lord B. and Pope.-D. b In reference to this publication , Lord Bolingbroke himself , in a letter to Lord March- mont ...
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... give them more , which he did at one o'clock in the morning . I don't think you will laugh much less at what happened to me : I wanted a print out of a booth , which I did not care to buy at Osborn's shop : the next day he sent me the ...
... give them more , which he did at one o'clock in the morning . I don't think you will laugh much less at what happened to me : I wanted a print out of a booth , which I did not care to buy at Osborn's shop : the next day he sent me the ...
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... gives some uneasiness . The Duke of Bedford has always been unwilling to take one , having tied himself up in the days of his patriotism to forfeit great sums if ever he did . The King told him one day this winter , that he would give ...
... gives some uneasiness . The Duke of Bedford has always been unwilling to take one , having tied himself up in the days of his patriotism to forfeit great sums if ever he did . The King told him one day this winter , that he would give ...
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... give his duty and thanks , and to assure the King that he should always obey him ; but that , as his father was out ... gives her a fortune or not . Adieu ! I believe I tell you strange rhapsodies ; but you must consider that our follies ...
... give his duty and thanks , and to assure the King that he should always obey him ; but that , as his father was out ... gives her a fortune or not . Adieu ! I believe I tell you strange rhapsodies ; but you must consider that our follies ...
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The letters of Horace Walpole [ed. by J. Wright]. Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) Volledige weergave - 1840 |
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Adieu Admiral afterwards Arlington Street asked beauty believe Bishop Bolingbroke brother called castle Chancellor Charles charming Chute Conway Countess court daughter dead dear Sir death died Duchess Duke of Bedford Duke of Newcastle Earl eldest England father Florence France French GEORGE MONTAGU George Selwyn give Gothic Greatworth hear heard honour Ireland John King King's Lady Ailesbury Lady Caroline Lady Mary late letter live Lord Anson Lord Bolingbroke Lord Chesterfield Lord Hartington Lord Sandwich Lyttelton Madame married minister ministry Minorca Mirepoix Miss morning never night Oxford Parliament Pelham person persuaded Pitt poor Pope pretty Prince Princess Queen received RICHARD BENTLEY scarce sent Sir George SIR HORACE MANN sister Strawberry Hill suppose t'other talk tell thing Thomas thought thousand pounds to-day told town Townshend Walpole week whole wife write young
Populaire passages
Pagina 57 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Pagina 82 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too ! (To live and die is all I have to do) Maintain a poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please: Above a patron, though I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
Pagina 291 - the latter a gentle, feeble, languid stream, languid but not deep ; the other a boisterous and overbearing torrent ; but they join at last ; and long...
Pagina 62 - These are of the more courageous. One woman, still more heroic, is come to town on purpose: she says, all her friends are in London, and she will not survive them. But what will you think of Lady Catherine Pelham, Lady Frances Arundel, and Lord and Lady Galway, who go this evening to an inn ten miles out of town, where they are to play at brag till five in the morning, and then come back — I suppose, to look for the bones of their husbands and families under the rubbish.
Pagina 98 - Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. ' ;' Had it been the whole generation, , , . Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.
Pagina 45 - When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
Pagina 296 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Pagina 296 - Three orators in distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd, The next in language, but in both the last : The power of Nature could no farther go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two.
Pagina 19 - The amphitheatre was illuminated ; and in the middle was a circular bower, composed of all kinds of firs in tubs, from twenty to thirty feet high : under them orangetrees, with small lamps in each orange, and below them all sorts of the finest auriculas in pots; and festoons of natural flowers hanging from tree to tree. Between the arches too were firs, and smaller ones in the balconies above. There were booths for tea and wine, gaming-tables and dancing, and about two thousand persons. In short,...
Pagina 56 - About ten days ago, at the new Lady CobhamV assembly, Lord Hervey' was leaning over a chair talking to some women, and holding his hat in his hand. Lord Cobham came up and spit in it — yes, spit in it ! — and then, with a loud laugh, turned to Nugent, and said,