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… had a son, who married a natural daughter of Sir Robert Walpole, and obtained the rank and precedence of an earl's … but 35. PICCADILLY CIRCUS, FROM COVENTRY STREET. Horace Walpole, in a letter written in 1747, gives a piquant …
Old and New London
… who was strongly imbued with a love of the arts." Horace Walpole has preserved, in his "Anecdotes of Painting," … artist, named Valory, to the memory of Catherine, Lady Walpole. The statue stands upon a square pedestal, upon which … which states that she was the first wife of Sir Robert Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford, and that " 'Horace, her …
Old and New London
… subject of many scandalous surmises. To this fact Horace Walpole alludes in one of his "Letters:""When the younger … and gilt. The curious will find in the first volume of Mr. Walpole's 'Anecdotes,' an ingenious conjecture as to the … in viewing the single statue erected by Mr. Horace Walpole to his mother, Lady Orford, than with any of the …
Old and New London
… attended to witness so rare a circumstance." Horace Walpole records the incidents of this trial day by day, in …
Old and New London
… last century, as we learn by constant allusions in Horace Walpole's letters, most of the young nobility who were not … Abbey. The Rev. Mr. Mason, in one of his letters to Horace Walpole, tells an anecdote which shows to how great an extent …
Old and New London
… of Lepel, Lady Hervey, the friend of Pope and Horace Walpole. Lady Hervey was often a visitor at Buckingham House, … breathed her last." "Princess Buckingham," writes Horace Walpole, "is either dead or dying. She sent for Mr. Anstes, …
Old and New London
… Guards' ParadeFuneral of the Duke of WellingtonRobert Walpole and the CountrymanDover House. At the western end of … as "governor" with a small salary. To this we find Horace Walpole alludes in a tone of pleasant banter when, recording … lady of pleasure, and curse of our nation.' Horace Walpole, eighty years afterwards, speaks of receiving a card …
Old and New London
… in the year 1746. The poet Gray, in a letter to Horace Walpole, dated Burnham, Bucks, 1737, says, "We have old Mr. …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Beccles, who is the present lord. The manor-house, called Walpole Hall, is a mere fragment of a very old mansion. In …
Old and New London
… dramatic author, and the first licensee of the stage under Walpole's Licensing Act. A sermon preached at St. Botolph's … character of "Richard III." with enormous success. Horace Walpole writes his friend Mann about him, but says, "I see …