Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I by Horace Walpole
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27. TO THE SAME, _Aug._ 1, 1746.--Trial of the Rebel Lords Balmerino and
Kilmarnock 28. TO THE SAME, _Oct._ 14, 1746.--The Battle of Rancoux 29. TO CONWAY, _Oct._ 24, 1746.--On Conway's Verses--No Scotch_man_ is capable of such Delicacy of Thought, though a Scotchwoman may be--Akenside's, Armstrong's, and Glover's Poems 30. TO THE SAME, _June_ 8, 1747.--He has bought Strawberry Hill 31. TO THE SAME, _Aug._ 29, 1748.--His Mode of Life--Planting--Prophecies of New Methods and New Discoveries in a Future Generation 32. TO MANN, _May_ 3, 1749.--Rejoicings for the Peace--Masquerade at Ranelagh--Meeting of the Prince's Party and the Jacobites--Prevalence of Drinking and Gambling--Whitefield 33. TO THE SAME, _March_ 11, 1750.--Earthquake in London--General Panic--Marriage of Casimir, King of Poland 34. TO THE SAME, _April_ 2, 1750.--General Panic--Sherlock's Pastoral Letter--Predictions of more Earthquakes--A General Flight from London--Epigrams by Chute and Walpole himself--French Translation of Milton 35. TO THE SAME, _April_ 1, 1751.--Death of Walpole's Brother, and of the Prince of Wales--Speech of the young Prince--Singular Sermon on His Death |
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