George Selwyn and His Contemporaries; with Memoirs and Notes, المجلد 2Richard Bentley, 1843 |
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... Horace Walpole has recorded more than one lively anec- dote of her vivacity and social humour ; and from her , therefore , we may presume that her son in- herited those agreeable qualities , and that peculiar character of wit , which ...
... Horace Walpole has recorded more than one lively anec- dote of her vivacity and social humour ; and from her , therefore , we may presume that her son in- herited those agreeable qualities , and that peculiar character of wit , which ...
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... Horace Walpole . On quitting Eton , he was en- tered at Hertford College , Oxford , whence , after a short residence , he proceeded to make the tour of Europe . About the year 1744 , at the age of twenty - five , he again entered ...
... Horace Walpole . On quitting Eton , he was en- tered at Hertford College , Oxford , whence , after a short residence , he proceeded to make the tour of Europe . About the year 1744 , at the age of twenty - five , he again entered ...
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... Horace Walpole writes to Sir Horace Mann , 1st September 1750 , " Old Peter Le Neve , the herald , ( who thought ridicule consisted in not being of an old family , ) made this epitaph , and it was a good one , for young Craggs , whose ...
... Horace Walpole writes to Sir Horace Mann , 1st September 1750 , " Old Peter Le Neve , the herald , ( who thought ridicule consisted in not being of an old family , ) made this epitaph , and it was a good one , for young Craggs , whose ...
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... Horace Walpole more than once alludes to Selwyn's habit of turning up the whites of his eyes , and to the peculiar demureness of his countenance at the moment when he was giving vent to a thought or expression of irresistible drollery ...
... Horace Walpole more than once alludes to Selwyn's habit of turning up the whites of his eyes , and to the peculiar demureness of his countenance at the moment when he was giving vent to a thought or expression of irresistible drollery ...
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... Horace Walpole . Speaking of the witty and notorious Lady Townshend , he writes , " On Sunday last , George Selwyn was strolling home to dinner at half an hour after four . He saw my Lady Townshend's coach stop at Caraccioli's chapel ...
... Horace Walpole . Speaking of the witty and notorious Lady Townshend , he writes , " On Sunday last , George Selwyn was strolling home to dinner at half an hour after four . He saw my Lady Townshend's coach stop at Caraccioli's chapel ...
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Abergavenny Adieu afterwards appointed August Baron Bath beautiful believe brother celebrated Charles Hanbury Williams Charles Townshend Colonel Countess Court Crome D'Eon daughter DEAR GEORGE DEAR SELWYN DEAR SIR death died dine dinner Duchess of Bedford Duke of Queensberry EARL OF MARCH eldest father favour French George Augustus Selwyn GEORGE SELWYN George the Third GILLY WILLIAMS glad Gloucester hear Henry Henry Pelham Hertford Hervey honour hope Horace Walpole humble servant John July Lady Coventry Lady Mary Lady Townshend Lepel letter London Lord Holland Lord March Madame MARCH TO GEORGE Marquis married minister Monsieur morning never Newmarket October Paris Parliament Pelham person Pitt pleasure received RICHARD RIGBY Rigby says second Earl sent Sir Charles sister tell Thomas thousand pounds to-morrow told town Viscount Walpole writes week White's wife WILLIAMS TO GEORGE wish yesterday