Title:  The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2

Author:  Grace & Philip Wharton

Release Date:  January 22, 2004 [EBook #10797]

Language:  English

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THE

WITS AND BEAUX OF SOCIETY

BY

GRACE AND PHILIP WHARTON

EDITED

BY

Justin Huntly MCCARTHY, M. P.

And the original illustrations by

H. K. BROWNE AND JAMES GODWIN

TWO VOLS.—­VOL.  II.

1890

CONTENTS VOL.  II.

HORACE WALPOLE.

The Commoners of England.—­Horace’s Regret for the Death of his Mother.—­
Little Horace in Arlington Street.—­Introduced to George I.—­
Characteristic Anecdote of George I.—­Walpole’s Education.—­Schoolboy
Days.—­ Boyish Friendships.—­Companionship of Gray.—­A Dreary Doom.—­
Walpole’s Description of Youthful Delights.—­Anecdote of Pope and
Frederic of Wales.—­The Pomfrets.—­Sir Thomas Robinson’s Ball.—­An
Admirable Scene.—­Political Squibs.—­Sir Robert’s Retirement from
Office.—­The Splendid Mansion of Houghton.—­Sir Robert’s Love of
Gardening.—­What we owe to the ’Grandes Tours.’—­George Vertue.—­Men of
One Idea.—­The Noble Picture-gallery at Houghton.—­The ’Market Pieces.’—­
Sir Robert’s Death.—­The Granville Faction.—­A very good Quarrel.—­
Twickenham.—­ Strawberry Hill.—­The Recluse of Strawberry.—­Portraits of
the Digby Family.—­Sacrilege.—­Mrs. Darner’s Models.—­The Long Gallery at
Strawberry.—­ The Chapel.—­’A Dirty Little Thing.’—­The Society around
Strawberry Hill.—­Anne Seymour Conway.—­A Man who never Doubted.—­Lady
Sophia Fermer’s Marriage.—­Horace in Favour.—­Anecdote of Sir William
Stanhope.—­A Paper House.—­Walpole’s Habits.—­Why did he not Marry?—­
’Dowagers as Plenty as Flounders.’—­Catherine Hyde, Duchess of
Queensberry.—­Anecdote of Lady Granville.—­Kitty Clive.—­Death of Horatio
Walpole.—­George, third Earl of Orford.—­A Visit to Houghton.—­Family
Misfortunes.—­Poor Chatterton.—­Walpole’s Concern with Chatterton.—­
Walpole in Paris.—­Anecdote of Madame Geoffrin.—­’Who’s that Mr.
Walpole?’—­ The Miss Berrys.—­Horace’s two ’Straw Berries.’—­Tapping a
New Reign.—­The Sign of the Gothic Castle.—­Growing Old with Dignity.—­
Succession to an Earldom.—­Walpole’s Last Hours.—­Let us not be
Ungrateful.