Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Horace Walpole
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Barbadoes--A "Voice from St. Helena"
147. TO THE SAME, _Sept._ 7, 1781.--Naval Movements--Siege of Gibraltar--Female Fashions 148. TO THE SAME, _Nov._ 29, 1781.--Capitulation of Lord Cornwallis--Pitt and Fox 149. TO COLE, _April_ 13, 1782.--The Language proper for Inscriptions in England--Fall of Lord North's Ministry--Bryant 150. TO MANN, _Sept._ 8, 1782.--Highwaymen and Footpads 151. TO THE SAME, _Dec._ 2, 1783.--Fox's India Bill--Balloons 152. TO CONWAY, _Oct._ 15, 1784.--Balloons 153. TO PINKERTON, _June_ 22, 1785.--His Letters on Literature--Disadvantage of Modern Writers--Comparison of Lady Mary Wortley with Madame de Sévigné 154. TO THE SAME, _June_ 26, 1785.--Criticism on various Authors: Greek, Latin, French, and English--Humour of Addison, and of Fielding--Waller--Milton--Boileau's "Lutrin"--"The Rape of the Lock"--Madame de Sévigné 155. TO MANN, _Aug._ 26, 1785.--Ministerial Difficulties--The Affair of the Necklace in Paris--Fluctuating Unpopularity of Statesmen--Fallacies of History |
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