The letters of Horace Walpole, ed. by P. Cunningham, Volumen8 |
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Términos y frases comunes
acquainted Adieu admire Anecdotes answer Antiquaries arrived asked believe Berkeley Square Bishop called certainly Charles Fox Conway COUNTESS OF OSSORY Court CUNNINGHAM daughter dear Sir doubt Duchess Duke Earl expect favour flatter fleet French Gazette Gibraltar give gone gout hand hear heard Hertford honour hope HORACE WALPOLE imagine Johnson King Lady Ladyship late least letter Lord Cornwallis Lord George Lord Harcourt Lord North Lord Rockingham Lord Shelburne Lordship Madam Ministers Minorca morning nephew never night obliged one's opinion Orford Parliament peace perhaps play poor Pray present Prince printed published received ROBERT JEPHSON sent SIR HORACE MANN Sir Joshua soon sorry Strawberry Hill suppose sure t'other tell thank thought to-day to-morrow told Tonton town truth week WILLIAM COLE WILLIAM MASON wish word write yesterday
Pasajes populares
Página 159 - THE power of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished...
Página 76 - Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Página 27 - And this is law, I will maintain Unto my dying day, Sir, That whatsoever King shall reign, I will be Vicar of Bray, Sir!
Página 61 - Didius was before. The crown of Poland, venal twice an age, To just three millions stinted modest Gage. But nobler scenes Maria's dreams unfold, Hereditary realms, and worlds of gold. Congenial souls ; whose life one avarice joins, And one fate buries in th
Página 171 - That it is the Opinion of this House, That the further Prosecution of offensive War on the Continent of North America, for the Purpose of reducing the revolted Colonies to Obedience by Force...
Página 257 - Mr. Nichols is, as you say, a very rapid editor, and I must commend him for being a very accurate one. I scarce ever saw a book so correct as his Life of Mr. Bowyer. I wish it deserved the pains he has bestowed on it every way, and that he would not dub so many men great. I have known several of his heroes who were very little men.
Página 438 - I am firmly persuaded that it is a province in which women will always shine superiorly ; for our sex is too jealous of the reputation of good sense, to condescend to hazard a thousand trifles and negligences, which give grace, ease, and familiarity to correspondence.
Página 261 - Sir,— I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to desire you will forthwith cause to be made out and transmitted to me for their Lordships...
Página 72 - The passing through the gloom from the grotto to the opening day, the retiring and again assembling shades, the dusky groves, the larger lawn, and the solemnity of the termination at the cypresses that lead up to his mother's tomb, are managed with exquisite judgment ; and though Lord Peterborough assisted him " To form his quincunx, and to rank his vines," those' were not the most pleasing ingredients of his little perspective.
Página 542 - His eyes, ears, articulation, limbs, and memory would suit a boy, if a boy could recollect a century backwards. His teeth are gone ; he is a shadow, and a wrinkled one ; but his spirits and his spirit are in full bloom : two years and a half ago, he challenged a neighbouring gentleman for trespassing on his manor.