Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Horace Walpole
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Changes--Factious Conduct of Mr. Pitt
86. TO MONTAGU, _July_ 28, 1765.--Prospects of Old Age when joined to Gout 87. TO LADY HERVEY, _Sept._ 14, 1765.--Has reached Paris--The French Opera--Illness of the Dauphin--Popularity of Mr. Hume 88. TO MONTAGU, _Sept._ 22, 1765.--Is Making New Friends in Paris--Decay of the French Stage--Le Kain--Dumenil--New French inclination for Philosophy and Free-Thinking--General Admiration of Hume's History and Richardson's Novels 89. TO CHUTE, _Oct._ 3, 1765.--His Presentation at Court--Illness of the Dauphin--Description of his Three Sons 90. TO CONWAY, _Jan._ 12, 1766.--Supper Parties at Paris--Walpole Writes a Letter from Le Roi de Prusse à Monsieur Rousseau 91. TO GRAY, _Jan._ 25, 1766.--A Constant Round of Amusements--A Gallery of Female Portraits--Madame Geoffrin--Madame du Deffand--Madame de Mirepoix--Madame de Boufflers--Madame de Rochfort--The Maréchale de Luxemburg--The Duchesse de Choiseul--An old French Dandy--M. de Maurepas--Popularity of his Letter to Rousseau 92. TO MANN, _Feb._ 29, 1766.--Situation of Affairs in England--Cardinal York--Death of Stanilaus Leczinski, Ex-King of Poland 93. TO CONWAY, _April_ 8, 1766.--Singular Riot in Madrid--Changes in the French Ministry--Insurrections in the Provinces |
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