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EBOOK THE WITS AND BEAUX OF SOCIETY ***


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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.
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