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The Correspondence of Horace Walpole, With George Montagu, Esq., [and Others].; 1735-1759
The Correspondence of Horace Walpole With George Montagu Esq 17351759 - and Others Author:Horace Walpole General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1837 Original Publisher: Henry Colburn Subjects: History / Europe / Great Britain Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. Whe... more »n you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: To GEORGE MONTAGU, Esq. Strawberry-hill, Aug. 9,1759. Unless your colonel Johnson is a man of no note, he is safe and well, for we have not lost one officer of any note -- now will you conclude that we are beaten, and will be crying and roaring all night for Hanover. Lord ! where do you live ? If you had any ears, as I have none left with the noise, you would have heard the racket that was made from morning till night yesterday on the news of the total victory1 gained by prince Ferdinand over the French. He has not left so many alive as there are at any periwig makers in London. This is all we know; the particulars are to come at their leisure, and with all the gravity due to their importance. If the king's heart were not entirely English, I believe he would be complimented with the title of Germanicus, from the name of the country where this great event happened; for we don't at all know the precise spot, nor has the battle yet been christened -- all that is certain is, that the poor duke2 is neither father nor godfather. I was sent for to town yesterday, as Mrs. Leneve3 was at the point of death ; but she has had a surprising change, and may linger on still. I found the town distracted, and at night it was beautiful beyond description. As the weather was so hot, every window was open, and all the rails illuminated; every street had one or two bonfires, the moon was in all its glory, the very middle of the streets crowded with officers and people of fashion t...« less