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219. To George Montagu, Esq. Aug. 16.--337

220. To the Earl of Hertford, Aug. 27.-Death of Mr. Legge.
Seizure of Turk's Island. Visit to Sion. Ministerial changes.
Murder of the Czar Ivan. Mr. Conway's dismission. Generous offer
of the Earl. Farewell to politics. Lord Mansfield's violence
against the press. Conduct of the Duke of Bedford. Overtures to
Mr. Pitt. Recluse life of their Majesties. Court economy.
Dissensions in the house of Grafton. Nancy Parsons. Death of Sir
John Barnard. Conduct of Mr. Grenville--338

221. To the Right Hon. William Pitt, Aug. 29.-"Life of Lord
Herbert of Cherbury"--343

222. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Aug. 29.--343

223. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Sept. 1.-Enclosing a reply to
Walpole's "Counter Address." Lady Ailesbury's picture, executed
in worsteds--344

224. To the Rev. Dr. Birch, Sept. 3.-Thanks for an original
picture of Sir William Herbert--345

225. To the Earl of Hertford, Oct. 5.-Madame de Boufflers and
Oliver Cromwell. James the Second's Journal. Illness of the Duke
of Devonshire. Folly of being unhappy--345

226. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Oct. 5.-Unfavourable state of
public affairs. Reflections on his birthday--347

227. To the same, Oct. 13.-Death of the Duke of Devonshire. His
bequest to Mr. Conway. Virtue rewarded in this world--348

228. To the same, Oct. 29.-Mourning for the Duke of Devonshire.
Reply of a poor man in Bedlam. Story of Sir Fletcher Norton and
his mother--348

229. To the Earl of Hertford, Nov. 1.-Duke of Devonshire's legacy
to Mr. Conway. Lady Harriot Wentworth's marriage with her
footman. Unpopularity of the court--350

230. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Nov. 8.--352

231. To the Earl of Hertford, Nov. 9.-Announcing his intended
visit to Paris. Adieu to politics--353

232. To the Right Hon. Lady Hervey, Nov. 10.-Thanks for some
pilchards--355

233. To the Earl of Hertford, Nov. 25.-The Opera. Manzoli. Elisi.
Tenducci. D'Eon's flight. Wilkes's outlawry. Churchill's death.
Ministerial changes. Objects of his intended journey to
Paris--356

234. To the same, Dec. 3.-Ministerial changes. Separation in the
house of Grafton. The Duke of Kingston and Miss Chudleigh.
Correspondence between Mr. Legge and Lord Bute. Mr. Dunning's
pamphlet on the "Doctrine of Libels." Mrs. Ann Pitt's ball--358

235. To George Montagu, Esq. Dec. 16.-State of the town. Mr.
Dunning's pamphlet. "Lord Herbert's Life"--362

236. To the same, Dec. 24.-With a present of some books--364

1765.

237. To the Earl of Hertford, Jan. 10.-Meeting of Parliament.
Debate in the House of Commons on the Address--364

238. To the same, Jan. 20.-Sir William Pynsent's bequest to Mr.
Pitt. Reported death of Lady Hertford. Death of Lady Harcourt.
Conduct of Charles Townshend. Couplet on Charles Yorke--367

239. To the same, Jan. 27.-Debates on the army estimates. Sir
William Pynsent's legacy to Mr. Pitt. Duel between Lord Byron and
Mr. Chaworth. Lady Townshend's arrest. "Castle of Otranto." Mrs.
Griffiths's "Platonic Wife"--370

240. To the same, Feb. 12.-Debates on the American Stamp-act.
Petition of the perriwig-makers. Almack's new assembly-room.
Williams the reprinter of "The North Briton" pilloried. Wretched
condition of The administration.--373

241. To George Montagu, Esq. Feb. 19.-Congratulations on his
health and cheerful spirits. Recommends him to quit his country
solitude. Contemplated visit to Paris. And retirement from
Parliament and political connexions. Runic poetry. Mallet's
"Northern Antiquities." Lord Byron's trial. Antiquarian
Society--376

242. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Feb. 28.-Planting and gardening.
Publication of "The Castle of Otranto"--377

243. To the same, March 9.-Origin of "The Castle of Otranto."
Caution to his friend respecting his MSS. Consequences of the
Droit d'Aubaine. Dr. Percy's "Reliques of Ancient English
Poetry." Old Ballads. Rosamond's Bower. Ambition and Content--378

244. To Monsieur Elie de Beaumont, March 18.-"The Castle of
Otranto." Madame de Beaumont's "Letters of the Marquis de
Roselle." Churchill and Dryden. Effects of Richardson's
novels--381

245. To the Earl of Hertford, March 26.-Count de Guerchy's
pretended conspiracy to murder M. D'Eon. The King's illness.
Count de Caraman. "Siege of Calais." Duc de Choiseul's reply to
Mademoiselle Clairon. French admiration of Garrick. Quin in
Falstaff. Old Johnson. Mrs. Porter. Cibber and O'Brien, Mrs.
Clive. Garrick's chief characters. The wolf of the Gevaudan.
Favourable reception of "The Castle of Otranto." Bon-mot. Strait
of Thermopylae--382

246. To George Montagu, Esq. April 5.-"Siege of Calais."
Bon-mots. Quin and Bishop Warburton. Prerogative.
Preferments--384

247. To the Earl of Hertford, April 7.-The King's rapid recovery.
Fire at Gunnersbury. Count Schouvaloff. Count de Caraman. Mrs.
Anne Pitt. Mr. Pitt the, first curiosity of foreigners. French
encroachments. Parliament. Poor bill. A late dinner--385

248. To the same, April 18.-The King's recovery. Proceedings on
the Regency-bill. Enmity between Lord Bute and Mr. Grenville.
Rumoured changes. State of parties. Lord Byron's acquittal. The
Duke of Cumberland's illness. Daffy's Elixir. Poor-bill. lord
Hinchinbrook's marriage--388

249. To Sir David Dalrymple, April 21.-"The Castle of Otranto."
Old Ballads. Consolations of authorship--[N.] 391

To the Earl of Hertford, May 5.-Proceedings in the House of Lords
on the Regency-bill--391

251. To the same, May 12.-Proceedings in the House of Commons on
the Regency bill. The Princess Dowager excluded from the
Regency--395

252. To the same, May 20.-The King forbids the Parliament to be
prorogued. The Duke of Cumberland ordered to form a new
administration. Failure of the Duke's negotiation with Mr. Pitt.
Ministerial resignations. Humiliations of the Crown. Riots.
Attack on Bedford-house. General spirit of mutiny and
dissatisfaction.
Extraordinary conduct of Mr. Pitt. Second tumult at
Bedford-house.
The King compelled to take back his ministers. Reconciliation
between Lord Temple and George Grenville. Mr. Conway restored to
the King's favour. Extravagant terms dictated by the ministers to
the King. Stuart Mackenzie's removal. Ministerial changes and
squabbles--399

253. To George Montagu, Esq. May 26.-Proceedings on the
Regency-bill. Ministerial squabbles and changes. Mr. Bentley's'
poem. Danger of writing political panegyrics or satires. Lines on
the Fountain Tree in the Canary Islands--405

254. To the same, June 10.-A party at Strawberry. General
Schouvaloff. Felicity of being a private man. Ingratitude of
sycophants--407

255. To the right Hon. Lady Hervey, June 11.-Apology for not
writing. Regrets at being carried backward.,; and forwards to
balls and suppers. Resolutions of growing old and staid at
fourscore--408

256. To George Montagu, Esq.-Contradicting a report of his
dangerous illness--409

257. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, July 3.-Progress of his illness.
Effects of the gout. Dreams and reveries. Madame de Bentheim--410

258. To the Countess of Suffolk, July 3,-State of his health.
Lady Blandford--[N.] 411

259. To the same, July 9.--The new ministry, Conduct of Charles
Townshend.--(N) 411

260. To George Montagu, Esq. July 11.-Change of the ministry. The
Rockingham administration--412

261. To the same, July 28.-Reflections on loss of youth. Entrance
into old age through the gate Of infirmity. A month's confinement
to a sick bed a stinging lesson. Whiggism--413

262. To George Montagu, Esq. Aug. 23.-Death of Lady Barbara
Montagu. Old friends and new faces. A strange story. Motives for
revisiting Paris. The French reformation. Churches and convents.
Adieu to politics--414

263. To the same, Aug. 31.-Dropping off and separation of
friends. Pleasant anticipations from his visit to Paris. Revival
of old ideas. Stupefying effects of richardson's novels on the
Frenchmnation--416

264. To the Earl of Strafford, Sept. 3.-Motives of his journey to
Paris. Death of the Emperor of Germany. "My last sally into the
world"--418

265. To the Right Hon. Lady Hervey, Sept. 3.-Thanks for letters
of introduction. Modern French literature--419

266. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Sept. 5.-Inviting him to visit Paris--
420

267. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Sept. 11.-Journey to Amiens.
Meeting with Lady mary Coke. Boulogne. Duchess of Douglas. A
droll way of being chief mourner. A French absurdity.
Walnut-trees. Clermont. The Duc de Fitz-James. Arrival at
Paris--421

268. To the Right Hon. Lady Hervey, Sept. 14.-Salutary effects OF
his journey. French gravity. Parisian dirt. French Opera. Italian
comedy Chantilly. Illness of the Dauphin. Mr. David Hume the mode
at Paris. Mesdames de Monaco, d'Egmont, and de Brionne. Nymphs of
the theatres--423

269. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Sept. 18.-Advice respecting his
journey to Paris--424

270. To George Montagu, Esq. Sept. 22.-Ingratitude. Amusements.
French society. Mode of living. Music. Stage. Le Kain. The
Dumenil. Grandval. Italian comedy. Harlequin. Freethinking.
Conversation. Their savans. Admiration of Richardson and Hume.
Dress and equipages. Parliaments and clergy. Effects of company
--425

271. To the Right Hon. Lady Hervey, Oct. 3.-H`otel de Carnavalet.
Madame Geoffrin. His own defects the sole cause of his not
enjoying Paris. Duc de Nivernois. Colonel Drumgold. Duchesse de
Coss`e. Presentations at Versailles. The King and Queen. The
Mesdames. The Dauphin and Dauphiness. Wild beast of the Gevaudan.
Mr. hans Stanley--427

272. To John Chute, Esq. Oct. 3.-French manners. Their authors.
Style of conversations. English and French manners contrasted.
Presentation at Versailles. Duc de Berri. Count de Provence.
Count d'Artois. Duc and Duchesse de Praslin. Duc and Duchesse de
Choiseul. Duc de Richelieu--429

273. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Oct. 6.-French society. A supper
at Madame du Deffand's. President Henault. Walpole's blunders
against French grammar. Sir James Macdonald's mimicry of Mr.
David Hume. Mr. Elliot's imitation of Mr. Pitt. Presentation to
the Royal Family. Dinner at the Duc de Praslin's with the corps
diplomatique. Visit to the State Paper Office. M. de Marigny's
pictures. Mada mede Bentheim. Duc de Duras. Wilkes at Paris--431

274. To the Right Hon. Lady Hervey, Oct. 13.-Attack of the gout.
Cupid and death. Allan Ramsay the painter. Madame Geoffrin.
Common sense. Duc de Nivernois. Lady Mary Chabot. Politics--434

275. To George Montagu, Esq. Oct. 16.-Illness at Paris. Visit
from Wilkes. The Dumenil. Grandval. President Henault--436

276. To the Countess of Suffolk, Oct. 16.-Fontainbleau. Duc de
Richelieu. Lady Mary Chabot. Lady Browne. Visit to Mrs. Hayes.
Joys of the gout--[N.-) 437

277. To Thomas Brand, Esq. Oct. 19.-Laughter out of fashion at
Paris. "God and the King to be Pulled down." Admiration of whist
and Richardson. Freethinking. Wilkes, Sterne, and Foote at Paris.
Lord Ossory. Mesdames de Rochefort, Monaco, and Mirepoix. The
Mar`echalle d'Estr`ees--438

278. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Oct. 29.-Probable death of the
Dauphin. Description of the Philosophers. Their object the
destruction of regal power.--440

279. To Mr. Gray, Nov. 19.-State of his health. Infallible
specific for the gout. Picture of Paris. French society. The
Philosophers. Dumenil. Preville. Visit to the Chartreuse--441

280. To the Right Hon. Lady Hervey, Nov. 21.-Recovery from a fit
of the gout. "Le nouveau Richelieu." Indifference to politics.
Squabbles about the French Parliaments. Bigotry. Logogriphe by
Madame du Deffand--444

281. To George Montagu, Esq. Nov. 21.-A simile. Sameness of llife
at Paris. Invites him to transplant himself to Roehampton.
Reflections on coming old age. Object of all impostors.
Rabelais-- 445

282. To the Right Hon. Lady Hervey, Nov. 28.-Thanks for her
introductions. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. French women of quality.
Duchesse de Nivernois. "L'Orpheline Legu`egu`ee." Count
Grammont's picture--447

283. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Nov. 29.-Tea-drinking. Dissuades
him from going to Italy. Advice for his political conduct.
"L'Orpheline Legu`ee." Count Caylus's auction. Portrait of Count
Grammont. French painters--448

284. To the Hon. H. S. Conway. Dec. 5.-The Dauphin. French
politics. M. de Maurepas. Marshal Richelieu. French parliaments--
450

285. To the Countess of Suffolk, Dec. 5.-Fret)ch society. The
Comtesse d'Egmont. The Dauphin--[N.] 451

1766.

286. To the Right Hon. Lady Hervey, Jan. 2.-Comtesse d'Egmont.
Severity of the Frost. Dread of being thought charming.
Rousseau's visit to England. Great parts. Charles Townshend--452

287. To John Chute, Esq. Jan.-Severity of the weather. Ill-
accordance of the French manners and climate. Presentation to the
Comtesse de la Marche. Douceur in the society of the Parisiennes
of fashion. Charlatanerie of the Savans and Philosophes. Count
St. Germain. Rousseau in England. Walpole's pretended letter of
the King of Prussia to Rousseau--453

288. To George Montagu, Esq. Jan, 5.-Robin Hood reform`e and
Little John. Dreams of life superior to its realities. Politics.
Lord Temple and George Grenville. Goody Newcastle. Helvetius's
"Esprit" and Voltaire's "Pucelle"--455

289. To the Right Hon. Lady Hervey, Jan. 11.-A supper at the
Duchesse d'Aiguillon's. Picture of the Duchesse de Choiseul.
Madame Geoffrin. Verses on Madame Forcalquier speaking English.
The Italians. The gout preferable to all other disorders--457

290. To The Hon. H. S. Conway, Jan. 12.-Regrets on leaving Paris.
Honours and distinctions. Invitation from Madame de Brionne.
Pretended letter from the King of Prussia to Rousseau--458

291. To the Rev. mr. Cole, Jan. 18.-Severity of the weather.
Cathedral of Amiens. The Sainte Chapelle. Rousseau in England.
King of Prussia's letter--460

292. To Mr. Gray, Jan. 25.-State of his health. "Making oneself
tender." Change in French manners. Their religious opinions. The
Parliaments. The men dull and empty. Wit, softness, and good
sense of the women. Picture of Madame Geoffrin. madame du
Deffand. M. Pontdeveyle. Madame de Mirepoix. Anecdote of M. de
Maurepas. Madame de Boufflers. Madame de Rochefort. Familiarities
under the veil of friendship. Duc de Nivernois. Madame de Gisors.
Duchesse de Choiseul. Duchesse de Grammont. Mar`echale de
Luxembourg. Pretended letter to Rousseau. Walpole at the head of
the fashion. Carried to the Princess de Talmond--461

293. To the Right Hon. Lady Hervey, Feb. 3.-Madame de Geoffrin's
secret mission to Poland. The Comtesse d'Egmont--468

294. To George Montagu, Esq. Feb. 4.-Madame Roland. Marriages.
Duc and Duchesse de Choiseul--469

295. To the Same, Feb. 23.-French Parliaments --470

296. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Feb. 28.-Pretended letter to Rousseau.
A French horse-race--470

297. To George Montagu, Esq. March 3.-Preparations for leaving
Paris. Defeat of George Grenville. Repeal of the American
Stamp-act. Lit de justice. Remonstrances of the Parliaments--471

298. To the Right Hon. Lady Hervey, March 10.-Watchings and
revellings. A supper at the Mar`echale de Luxembourg's. Funeral
sermon on the Dauphin. The Abb`e Coyer's pamphlet on
Preaching--472

299. To George Montagu, Esq. March 12.-Colman and Garrick. Mrs.
Clive--474

300. To the same, March 21.-Madame Roland. A French woman's first
visit to Paris contrasted with his own. The Princess of Talmond's
pug-dogs. A commission--474

301. To the same, April 3.-Visit to Livry. The Abb`e de Malherbe.
Madame de S`evign`e's Sacred pavilion. Old trees--475

302. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, April 6.-Insurrection at Madrid on
the attempt of the Court to introduce the French dress in
Spain--476

303. To the same, April 8.-Further particulars of the
insurrection at Madrid. Change in the French ministry. Lettres de
cachet. Insurrections at Bordeaux and Toulouse--478

304. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, May 10.-Return to England--479

305. To the same, May 13.-Apology for accidentally opening one of
his letters--479

306. To George Montagu, Esq. May 25.-Ministerial appointments.
Duke of Richmond. Lord North. Death of Lord Grandison. Lady
Townshend turned Roman Catholic. Mrs. Clive's bon-mot--480

307. To the same, June 20.-Anstey's New Bath Guide. Swift's
Correspondence, and Journal to Stella. Bon-mot of George Selwyn.
Pun of the King of France--481

308. To the Right Hon. Lady Hervey, June 28.-Madame du Deffand's
present of a snuff-box, with a portrait of Madame de S`evign`e.
Translation of a tale from the "Dictionnaire d'Anecdotes."--482

309. To George Montagu, Esq. July 10.-Expected change in the
ministry. The King's letter to Mr. Pitt--485

310. To the same, July 21.-Change of the ministry. Ode on the
occasion--485

311. To David Hume, Esq. July 26.-Quarrel between David Hume, and
Rousseau--486

312. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Sept. 18.-Contradicting a newspaper
report of his illness--487

313. To George Montagu, Esq. Sept. 18.--488

314. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Oct. 2.-Journey to Bath. Great
dislike of the place. The new buildings. Lord Chatham--488

315. To George Montagu, Esq. Oct. 5.-Recovery. Tired to death of
Bath. Lord Chatham. Watering places--489

316. To John Chute, Esq. Oct. 10.-Visit to Wesley's meeting.
Hymns to ballad tunes. Style of Wesley's preaching. Countess of
Buchan. Lord Chatham--489

317. To George Montagu, Esq. Oct. 18.-Reasons for leaving Bath.
Inefficacy of the waters. "Good hours"--490

318. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Oct. 18.-Lord Chatham wishes him
to second the Address on the King's Speech. Life at Bath. Motives
for leaving the place. Old age. Dread of ridicule--491

319. To George Montagu, Esq. Oct. 22.-Satisfaction at his return
to Strawberry Hill. Visit to Bristol. Its buildings. Abbey church
of Bath. Batheaston--492

320. To Sir David Dalrymple, (Lord Hailes,) Nov. 5.-Thanks for
his "Memorials and Letters." Folly of burying in oblivion the
faults and crimes of princes--[N.] 494

321. To David Hume, Esq. Nov. 6.-On his quarrel with Rousseau.
Folly of literary squabbles--494

322. To the same, Nov. 11.-The same subject. Omissions by
D'Alembert in a published letter of Walpole's. Picture of modern
philosophers--496

323. To George Montagu, Esq. Dec. 12.-Politics. Ministerial
negotiations. Deaths and marriages. Caleb Whitefoord's
Cross-readings from the newspapers--499

324. To the same, Dec. 16.-Thanks for a present of venison--500

1767.

325. To George Montagu, Esq. Jan. 13.-Death of his servant Louis.
Quarrel of Hume and Rousseau. High tide--501

326. To Dr. Ducarel, April 25.-Thanks for his "Anglo Norman
Antiquities"--501

327. To the Earl of Strafford, July 29.-Death and character of
Lady Suffolk--502

328. To George Montagu, Esq. July 31.-State of the ministry.
Intended trip to Paris. Death of Lady Suffolk. Lord Lyttelton's
"Henry the Second." Lean people. Mrs. Clive--503

329. To the same, Aug. 7.-Motives for revisiting Paris--503

330. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Sept. 9.-Death and character of
Charles Townshend. State of the ministry. Lord Chatham. Dinner at
the Duc de Choiseul's--[N.] 504

331. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Oct. 24.-Return to England--505

332. To George Montagu, Esq. Nov. 1.-General Conway's refusal of
the appointment to secretary of state. Old Pulteney--506

333. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Dec. 19.-Intended retirement from
Parliament. State of his health. Roman Catholic religion--506

1768.

334. To Sir David Dalrymple, Jan. 17.-Advice on sending a young
artist to Italy. "Historic Doubts." Coronation roll of Richard
the Third --[N.] 507

335. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Feb. 1.-On Sending a copy of his
"Historic Doubts"--508

336. To Sir David Dalrymple, Feb. 2.-On sending him his "Historic
Doubts." Rapid sale of the first impression--(N.] 509

337. To Mr. Gray, Feb. 18.-New edition of Gray's poems. On his
own writings. King of Prussia. Lord Clarendon's "History."
"Historic Doubts." Disculpation of Richard the Third. "Turned of
fifty." Garrick's prologues and epilogues. Boswell's "Corsica."
General Paoli--509

338. To the same, Feb. 26.-"Historic Doubts." Guthrie's answer
thereto. Thanks for notes on the "Noble, Authors"--512

339. To George Montagu, Esq. March 12.-Reflections on his
retirement from Parliament. Guthrie's answer to the "Historic
Doubts." Sterne's Sentimental Journey." Gray's "Odes"--514

340. To the same, April 15.-Wit as temporary as dress and
manners. Fate of George Selwyn's bon-mots. Completion of his
tragedy of "The Mysterious Mother." Mrs. Pritchard. Garrick.
President Henault's tragedy of "Corn elie"--516

341. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, April 16.--Rous's rolls of the Earls
of Warwick. Projects a History of the Streets of London. St.
Foix's Rues de Paris. The Methodists. Whitfield's funeral sermon
on Gibson the forger--517

342. To the same, June 6.-History of Ely cathedral. Cardinal
Lewis de Luxembourg. Cardinal Morton. Painted glass--519

343. To George Montagu, Esq. June 15.-Inclemency of the weather.
English summers. Description of the climate by our poets.
Hot-house of St. Stephen's chapel. Indifference to parties. The
country going to ruin--520

344. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, June 16.-Wilkes and liberty.
Ministerial changes. Conduct of the Duke of Grafton. Distressed
state of the country. Lord Chatham. Foote's "Devil upon Two
Sticks." Subject of "The Mysterious Mother"--[N.] 521

345. To Monsieur de Voltaire, June 21.-On his soliciting a copy
of the "Historic Doubts." Reply to Voltaire's criticisms on
Shakspeare--523

346. To the Earl of Strafford, June 25.-Wilkes and Number 45. The
King of Denmark. Lady Rockingham and the Methodist Pope Joan
Huntingdon. Brentford election--524

347. To Monsieur de Voltaire, July 27.-Reply to Voltaire's
vindication of his criticism on Shakspeare. Story of M. de
jumonville. "Historic Doubts"--525

348. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Aug. 9.-Lord Botetourt. New
Archbishop of Canterbury. King of Denmark. Augustus Hervey's
divorce from the Chudleigh. Gray appointed professor of modern
history. Efficacy of ice-water--527

349. To George Montagu, Esq. Aug. 13.-Arrival of the King of
Denmark. His person and manners. His suite--529

350. To the Earl of Strafford, Aug. 16.-Personal description of
the King of Denmark. His cold reception at Court. the first
favourite, Count Holke. His prime minister, Count Bernsdorff--529

351. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Aug. 25.-Disturbance in America.
Coffee-house politicians. King of Denmark. Lady Bel
Stanhope--(N.] 531

352. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Aug. 30.-Thanks for some prints and
some notices. Improvements at Strawberry. Mr. Granger's
"Catalogue of English Heads." Dr. Robertson's writings. Scotch
puffing--532

353. To the Earl of Strafford, Oct. 10.-Health and sickness.
quiet of his present illness contrasted with the inquiries after
him when his friends were coming into power--534

354. To George Montagu, Esq. Nov. 10.-Benefits from bootikins and
water-drinking. Elections--535

355. To the same, Nov. 15.-Separation of old friends in old age.
Moroseness of retirement. Evils of solitude. Death of the Duke of
Newcastle, and of Lady Hervey--535

356. To the same, Dec. 1.-Arlington-street. Reconciliation
between Lord Chatham, Earl Temple, and Mr. George Grenville.
Wilkes and the House of Commons--536

1769.

357. To George Montagu, Esq. March 26.-City riot. Brentford
election. Wilkes and Luttrell. Marriages--538

358. To the same, April 15.-Temperance the best physician. Easy
mode of preserving the teeth. Advice on wine drinking. Middlesex
election. Wilkes and the House of Commons--539

359. To the same, May 11.-Grand festino at Strawberry. Ridotto al
fresco at Vauxhall--540

360. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, May 27.-Granger's Catalogue of Prints
and Lives down to the Revolution. Intended visit to Paris.
Gough's British Topography--541

361. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, June 14.-Proposed painted window for
Ely cathedral. Bishop Mawson. Granger's dedication. Shenstone's
Letters. His unhappy passion for fame. The Leasowes. Instructions
on domestic privacy--542

362. To the same, June 26.-Intended visit to Ely. English
summers. Advice to quit Marshland. Joscelin de Louvain--545

363. To the Earl of Strafford, July 3.-Disinterestedness and
length of their friendship. Three years' absence of summer.
Emptiness of London. City politics. Angling. Methuselah--546

364. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, July 7.-Lord Chatham at the King's
levee--547

365. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, July 15.-Return from Ely. East window
of the cathedral. Bishop Luda's tomb--548

366. To the same, Aug. 12.-Thanks for some prints. Advice
respecting a History of Gothic Architecture. Tyson's "History of
Fashions and Dresses"--549

367. To George Montagu, Esq. Aug. 18.-Calais. Complaint of his
friend's long silence. Journey to Paris--551

368. To John Chute, Esq. Aug. 30.-Journey to Paris. Lord Dacre
and Dr. Pomme. Account of Madame du Deffand. Madame du Barry.
French theatre. Hamlet. The Dumenil. Voltaire's tragedy of "Les
Gu`ebres"- -552

(369. To George Montagu, Esq. Sept. 7.-Character of Madame du
Deffand. Uncertainty of life. A five-and-thirty years'
friendship. Visit to the Abbess of Panthemont--553