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Letters of Horace Walpole, by Horace Walpole
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Title: Letters of Horace Walpole Volume I
Author: Horace Walpole
Release Date: April 18, 2004 [EBook #12073]
Language: English
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LETTERS
OF
HORACE WALPOLE
SELECTED AND EDITED BY
CHARLES DUKE YONGE, M.A.
AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF FRANCE UNDER THE BOURBONS," "A LIFE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE," ETC., ETC.
WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME I
London
T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE
NEW YORK: G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
MDCCCXC
CONTENTS.
1736-1764.
1. TO MONTAGU, May 2, 1736.--Marriage of the Princess of Wales--Very lively
2. TO THE SAME, May 6, 1736.--Fondness for Old Stories--Reminiscences of Eton, etc.
3. TO THE SAME, March 20, 1737.--Wish to Travel--Superiority of French Manners to English in their manner to Ladies
4. TO WEST, April 21, 1739.--Theatres at Paris--St. Denis--Fondness of the French for Show, and for Gambling--Singular Signs--The Army the only Profession for Men of Gentle Birth--S