The Letters of Horace Walpole: 1756-1760Clarendon Press, 1903 |
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Adieu Admiral afterwards Ailesbury Arlington Street army Baron believe Bentley brother called certainly Charles Countess daughter dear Sir death Duchess Duke of Newcastle Earl of Strafford Edward eldest England English expedition favour fear Florence France French George Augustus Selwyn George Montagu George Selwyn give glad gout Grace hear heard Henry Seymour Conway Henry Zouch honour hope Horace Walpole House James July June King of Prussia Lady Mary Coke late least LETTER Lord Anson Lord Bute Lord George Sackville Lord Temple Lyttelton married mention minister morning never night obliged Parliament Pitt Pitt's Prince Ferdinand Princess printed received scarce sent Sept Sir Horace Mann Strawberry Hill suppose sure t'other tell thing thought thousand pounds to-day told town Townshend victory Viscount Waldegrave Walpole William wish write yesterday
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Strona 456 - ... the outside, their officers with drawn sabres and crape sashes on horseback, the drums muffled, the fifes, bells tolling, and minute guns, — all this was very solemn. But the charm was the entrance of the abbey, where we were received by the dean and chapter in rich robes, the choir and almsmen bearing torches ; the whole abbey so illuminated, that one saw it to greater advantage than by day ; the tombs, long aisles, and fretted roof, all appearing distinctly, and with the happiest chiaroscuro....
Strona 457 - Archbishop hovering over him with a smellingbottle ; but in two minutes his curiosity got the better of his hypocrisy, and he ran about the chapel with his glass to spy who was or was not there— spying with one hand, and mopping his eyes with the other. Then returned the fear of catching cold ; and the Duke of Cumberland, who was sinking with heat, felt himself weighed down, and turning round, found it was the Duke of Newcastle standing upon his train, to avoid the chill of the marble.
Strona 456 - Seventh, all solemnity and decorum ceased ; no order was observed, people sat or stood where they could or would; the yeomen of the guard were crying out for help, oppressed by the immense weight of the coffin ; the bishop read sadly, and blundered in the prayers ; the fine chapter, Man that is born of a woman, was chanted, not read ; and the anthem, besides being immeasurably tedious, would have served as well for a nuptial.
Strona 211 - The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home : Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Strona 456 - Tripoli and his son were carried to see that chamber. The procession, through a line of footguards, every seventh man bearing a torch, the horseguards lining the outside, their officers with drawn sabres and crape sashes on horseback, the drums muffled, the fifes, bells tolling, and minute-guns,— all this was very solemn.
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Strona 456 - He had a dark brown adonis, and a cloak of black cloth with a train of five yards. Attending the funeral of a father could not be pleasant : his leg extremely bad, yet forced to stand upon it near two hours, his face bloated and distorted with his late paralytic stroke, which has affected, too, one of his eyes, and placed over the mouth of the vault, into which, in all probability, he must himself soon descend ; think how unpleasant a situation! He bore it all with a firm and unaffected countenance.
Strona 455 - This sovereign don't stand in one spot, with his eyes fixed royally on the ground, and dropping bits of German news ; he walks about, and speaks to every body.
Strona 426 - In recompense he has built two baby forts, to pay his country in castles for the damage done to the navy, and planted a handful of Scotch firs, that look like ploughboys dressed in old family liveries for a public day. In the hall is a very good collection of pictures, all animals ; the refectory, now the great drawing-room, is full of Byrons; the vaulted roof remaining, but the windows have new dresses making for them by a Venetian tailor.