Horace Walpole
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Excerpt from The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, Vol. 5 of 9 To the Countess of Suffolk, July 17. - Mr. Pitt's fever - Lady Mountrath's death - Her will; To Mann, July 18. - Lord Temple's insolent demands - His rejection by the King - Concurrence of popularity and integrity - A new birthday for England; To Montagu, July 21. - Change of Ministry - Ode on the occasion; To Mann, July 23. - Mr. Pitt, the sole fountain of honour - The Duke of Grafton - Charles Townshend and Mr. Pitt - Great families displaced - Uncertainty whether Lord Bute is to be taken by the hand, or not - Count Lorenzi - Prince Ferdinand and the King of Prussia - French panic at Mr. Pitt's name; To David Hume, July 23. - Quarrel with Rousseau - Walpole's letter written in the name of the King of Prussia; To Mann, Aug. 1. - Mr. Pitt created Earl of Chatham Anger of the City and the mob at his elevation - Probable premanency of the Ministry - New President of the Council - Ministerial arrangements - Lord Temple and George Grenville - Lord Hilsborough; To the same, Sept. 9. - Further ministerial arrangements - Lord Bristol - Bad harvest - Popular clamour - Walpole ill - His fear that the dampness of Strawberry Hill will prevent his living there - Reflections - His request for some volumes of the Herculaneum; To Cole, Sept. 18. - Uncertain whether to go to Bath or abroad; To Montagu, Sept. 23. Ill health - Going to Bath; To Mann, Sept. 25. - Increase of Walpole's illness - His renouncement of the physician, and recovery - Appendixes of illness - Anecdote - Corn-riots - Dearness of everything - Luxury of tradesmen - Count Schoualloff - Rasomoufski; To Conway, Oct. 2. - Journey to Bath - Great dislike of the place - The new buildings - Lord Chatham; To Montagu, Oct. 5. - Recovery - Tired of Bath - Lord Chatham's watering places; To the Countess of Suffolk, Oct. 6. - His movements at Bath - Visitors there - Lady Vane opens the balls About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.