To the Rev. Mr. Cole, June 14.- Proposed painted window for
Ely cathedral. Bishop Mawson. Granger's dedication. Shen-
stone's Letters. His unhappy passion for fame. The Leasowes.
Intrusions on domestic privacy

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To the same, June 26.-Intended visit to Ely. English summers.
Advice to quit Marsh-land. Joscelin de Louvain
To the Earl of Strafford, July 3.-Disinterestedness and length of
their friendship. Three years' absence of summer. Emptiness
of London. City politics. Angling. Methuselah

To the Hon. H. S. Conway, July 7.-Lord Chatham at the King's

levee

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242

To the Rev. Mr. Cole, July 15.-Return from Ely. East window

of the cathedral. Bishop Luda's tomb

243

To the same, Aug. 12.-Thanks for some prints. Advice respect-
ing a History of Gothic Architecture. Tyson's "History of
Fashions and Dresses"

To George Montagu, Esq. Aug. 18.-Calais. Complaint of his
friend's long silence. Journey to Paris
To John Chute, Esq. Aug. 30.-Journey to Paris. Lord Dacre
and Dr. Pomme. Account of Madame du Deffand. Madame
du Barry. French theatre. Hamlet. The Dumenil. Vol-
taire's tragedy of "Les Guèbres"

To George Montagu, Esq. Sept. 7.- Character of Madame du

Deffand. Uncertainty of life. A five-and-thirty years' friend-

ship. Visit to the Abbess of Panthemont

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247

248

To the Earl of Strafford, Sept. 8.-Affected admiration of the
French government. Lettres de cachet. Students in legislature.
French treatment of trees

To George Montagu, Esq. Sept. 17.-Visit to Versailles. Madame
du Barry. The Dauphin. Count de Provence. Count d'Artois.
The King. Visit to St. Cyr. Madame de Maintenon. Ma-
dame de Cambise. Trait of Madame de Mailly

To the same, Oct. 13.-Return to England. Congratulations on

his friend's being appointed Lord North's private secretary

To the same, Oct. 16.-Return to Strawberry. His tragedy of

"The Mysterious Mother." Bad taste of the public. Garrick's

prologues and epilogues. French chalk and dirt contrasted with

English neatness and greenth

To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Nov. 14.-Lord Temple's dinner with

the Lord Mayor. Tottering position of the Duc de Choiseul.

"Trip to the Jubilee." Literature and politics of the day.

Milton's prose writings. Heroes and orators

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262

To George Montagu, Esq. Dec. 14.-Condolence on the death of

Mrs. Trevor. Loss of friends and connections. Cumberland's

comedy of "The Brothers." Alderman Backwell

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To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Dec. 21.-Thanks for communications.
Mr. Tyson's etchings. Madame du Deffand. [N.] .

1770.

265

To Sir David Dalrymple, January 1.-Thanks for his "History

of Scottish Councils." The spirit of controversy the curse of

modern times. Attacks on the House of Commons. Outcry

against grievances. Despotism and unbounded licentious-

ness. [N.]

To the same, Jan. 23.—Mr. Charles Yorke's rapid history. Lord

Chatham's attempt to enlarge the representation. Sir George

Savile and Mr. Burke's attack on the House of Commons.

Modern Catilines. Corruption of senators. Wilkes, Parson

Horne, and Junius. [N.]

To George Montagu, Esq. March 31.-Print of Alderman Back-

well.

To the same, May 6.-Backwardness of the season. Marriages.
Masquerades. New establishment at Almack's. Intercourse be-
tween age and youth

To the same, June 11.-Description of Lord Dysart's house at

Ham

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276

To the same, July 7.-Account of his visit to Stowe. Lines ad-

dressed to the Princess Amelia

To the same, June 29.-Promising a visit on his way to Stowe.
Death of Alderman Beckford
To the same, July 1.-On not finding him at home

To the Earl of Strafford, July 9.-Visit to Stowe. Alderman

Beckford's death

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282

To the Hon. H. S. Conway, July 12.-Visit to Stowe

To George Montagu, Esq. July 14.-Reversion of Walpole's place 283

To the same, July 15.-Correcting a mistake in his last

To the same, Oct. 3.-Fit of the gout. The gate of age

To the same, Oct. 16.

To the Earl of Strafford, Oct. 16.- - Convalescence.

To the Earl of Charlemont, Oct. 17.-In answer to an application
on behalf of an artist, and a wish to be permitted to read his
tragedy. [N.]

To the same, Nov. 20. - Mr. Bentham's " History of Ely Cathe

dral"

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- Mr. Essex's projected "History of Gothic

290

To the same, Dec. 20.

Architecture." Antiquarian Society. Dean Milles. Gentlemen

engravers at Cambridge

To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Dec. 25.-Planting of poplar-pines.
Dryden's "King Arthur" altered by Garrick

To the same, Dec. 29.-Change in the French ministry. Overthrow
of the Duc de Choiseul. Banishment of the Duc de Praslin.
New law arrangements at home

1771.

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To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Jan. 10.-Suggestions for getting the pro-
jected History of Gothic Architecture patronized by the King.
To the same, May 29.-Letters of Edward the Sixth

To the same, June 11.- On the various attacks upon his writings.
Archæologia, or Old Women's Logic. Mr. Masters
To the Hon. H. S. Conway, June 17.-Visit to Ampthill. Hough-
ton Park. Mausoleum of the Bruces. [N.]

To the Earl of Strafford, June 20.-Intended visit to Paris. Ma-
dame du Deffand. New French ministry. The Duc d'Aiguillon.
Life of Cellini. Charles Fox

To the Rev. Mr. Cole, June 22.-On the cross to be erected at

Ampthill to the memory of Catherine of Arragon

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303

To the same, June 24.-Thanks for some prints and letters

To John Chute, Esq. July 9.-Account of his journey to Paris

To the Hon. H. S. Conway, July 30.-French politics. Distress

at court. Vaudevilles against Madame du Barry. Amusements

at Paris. Gaillard's "Rivalité de la France et de l'Angleterre" 305

To John Chute, Esq. Aug. 5.-Progress of English gardening in
France. New arrêts. General distress. State of Le Sour's
paintings at the Chartreuse. The charm of viewing churches
and convents dispelled. Shock at learning the death of Gray
To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Aug. 11.-Reflections on the death of
Gray. Lady Beauchamp. Opium a false friend

To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Aug. 12.-Reflections on the death of Gray 313

To the Earl of Strafford, Aug. 25.-Climate of Paris. French

economy and retrenchment. Mademoiselle Guimard. Made-

moiselle Heinel. Suppression of the French Parliaments.

Ruinous condition of the palaces and pictures

To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Sept. 7. Return to England. De-
plorable condition of the French finances

To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Sept. 10.-Thanks for some particulars of

Gray's death. Dr. James Browne. Gray's portrait .

To the same, Oct. 12.—Mr. Essex's design for the cross at Ampt-

hill. Calvin and Luther

To the same, Oct. 23.-Armour of Francis the First. Ancient

window from Bexhill. Tomb of Capoccio

1772.

To the Hon. H. S. Conway, January 7.-Effects of an explosion of
powder-mills at Hounslow

To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Jan. 28.-Dean Milles. Relics of Gray.
Letters on the English nation. Garrick and his writings.

Wilkes's squint

To the same, June 9

To the same, June 17.-Thanks for some literary researches. Let-
ters of Sir Thomas Wyat. Lives of Leland, Hearne, and Wood.
Browne Willis. Peter Gore and Thomas Callaghan
To the Hon. H. S. Conway, June 22.-Panic occasioned by Fordyce's
bankruptcy. Cherubims. Exercise. Letters of Guy Patin.
Charles Fox's annuities. Lives of Leland, Hearne, and Wood.
Entry in Wood's Diary. Freemasonry. Peter Gore

To the Rev. Mr. Cole, July 7.-King Edward's letters. Portrait
of Gray. Death of Mr. West the antiquary. His collections.
Foote's comedy of "The Nabob".

To the same, July 28.-Archæologia, or, Old Women's Logic.

Antiquarian Society. Life of Sir Thomas Wyat. William

Thomas's "Peleryne"

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329

To the same, Aug. 25.-Thanks to Dr. Browne for a goar-stone

and seal belonging to Gray. Lincoln and York cathedrals.

Roche abbey. Screen of York minster

331

To the same, Aug. 28.-Indolence of age. Inquiries after some

prints

332

To the same, Nov. 7.-Fit of the gout. Regret at not being able

to see Mr. Essex

333

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To the same. On the rapacity of a gentleman who had thinned

Mr. Cole's collection of prints

To the Countess of Ailesbury, Dec. 20.-Account of Raynal's

"Histoire Philosophique et Politique du Commerce des Deux

Indes "

To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Jan. 8.-Mr. Masters's answer to "His-

toric Doubts." Antiquarians. Freemasonry. Governor Pown-

all. Edition of " Mémoires du Comte de Grammont." Dedica-

tion to Madame du Deffand. Gray's "Odes"

336

To the same, Feb. 18.- Miscellaneous antiquities. Governor

Pownall's system of Freemasonry. Mrs. Marshall's "Sir Harry

Gaylove, or Comedy in Embryo”.

338

To the Rev. William Mason, March 2.-Thanks for submitting

his collections for the "Life of Gray" to his correction. Origin

of the differences between them. Takes to himself the chief

blame in the quarrel. [N.]

340

To the Rev. William Mason, March 27.— Mason the author of
"The Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers." Account of
Gray's going abroad with him. [N.]

To the Rev. Mr. Cole, April 7. Archæologia, or Old Woman's

Old

Logic. Masters's answer to "Historic Doubts." Sale of Mr.
West's collections

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To the same, April 27.-Character of authors. Shenstone's and
Hughes' "Correspondence." Declines acquaintance with Mr.
Gough. Scotch metaphysicians. Anstey's "New Bath Guide."
"Heroic Epistle." Oliver Goldsmith. Johnson's pension

To the same, May 4.-On being mentioned by the public orator at

Cambridge

To the same, May 29.

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348

To Dr. Berkenhout, July 6.—Declining to supply materials for a
biographical notice of himself

To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Aug. 30.-Visit to Houghton. De-

plorable state of his nephew's private affairs. Mortification of

family pride

To the Earl of Strafford, Sept. 24.-Journey to Houghton. State

of his nephew's affairs. Lady Mary Coke's ardour of peregrina-

tion. Beatific print of Lady Huntingdon. Whitfield and the

Methodists. Death of the Duke of Kingston.

349

To the same, Nov. 15.-Best way of contending with the folly and
vice of the world. Proposed tax on Irish absentees. Lady
Mary Coke's mortifications. Gount Gage and Lady Mary Her-
bert.

To Lady Mary Coke.-On her ardour of peregrination

To the Hon. Mrs. Grey, Dec. 9.-Advice from Dr. Walpole to
Lady Blandford suffering from a fit of the gout. [N.]
To Sir David Dalrymple, Dec. 14.-Thanks for his "Remarks on
the History of Scotland." [N.]

To the Rev. Mr. Cole, May 4.-Reasons for his long silence.
Temptations to visit Strawberry. Fate of Mr. Bateman's col-
lection of curiosities. Conjectured fate of Strawberry

To the same, May 28.-Pennant's "Tour to Scotland and the
Hebrides." Ossian. Fingal's Cave. Brave way of being an
antiquary. Mr. Gough described. Fenn's "Original Letters."
Society of Antiquaries. Old friends

To the same, June 21.-Efficacy of James's powder. Old friends

in old age our best amusement. Flattery. Queen Catherine's

Cross at Ampthill

To the Hon. H. S. Conway, June 23.-On the General's tour of

military observation. Politics. Quebec-bill

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