 Think of me, the subject of a mob, who was scarce ever before in a mob, addressing them in the town-hall, riding at the head of two thousand people through such a town as Lynn, dining with above two hundred of them, amid bumpers, huzzas, songs, and tobacco,...  The letters of Horace Walpole [ed. by J. Wright]. - Page 132by Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840Full view - About this book
 | England - 1818 - 762 pages
...them in the town-hall, riding at the head of two thousand people through such a town as Lynn, dining with above two hundred of them, amid bumpers, huzzas,...have borne it all cheerfully ; nay, have sat hours in convcriation, the thing upon the earth that I hate, have been to hear Misses play on the harpsichord,... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pages
...them in the town-hall, riding at the head of two thousand people through such a town as Lynn, dining with above two hundred of them, amid bumpers, huzzas,...nay, have sat hours in conversation, the thing upon the earth that I hate, have been to hear Misses play on the harpsichord, and to see an alderman's copies... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 404 pages
...them in the town-hall, riding at the head of two thousand people through such a town as Lynn, dining with above two hundred of them, amid bumpers, huzzas,...that I hate, have been to hear misses play on the harpsicord, and to see an alderman's copies of Rubens and Carlo Marat. Yet to do the folks justice,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Conduct of life - 1827 - 412 pages
...them in the town-hall, riding at the head of two thousand people through such a town as Lynn, dining with above two hundred of them, amid bumpers, huzzas,...that I hate, have been to hear misses play on the harpsicord, and to see an alderman's copies of Rubens and Carlo Marat. Yet to do the folks justice,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 410 pages
...them in the town-hall, riding at the head of two thousand people through such a town as Lynn, dining with above two hundred of them, amid bumpers, huzzas,...that I hate, have been to hear misses play on the harpsicord, and to see an alderman's copies of Rubens and Carlo Marat. Yet to do the folks justice,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 402 pages
...them in the town-hall, riding at the head of two thousand people through such a town as Lynn, dining with above two hundred of them, amid bumpers, huzzas,...finishing with country dancing at a ball and sixpenny v? hisk ! I have borne it all cheerfully ; nay, have sat hours in conversation, the thing upon earth... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 580 pages
...them in the town-hall, riding at the head of two thousand people through such a town as Lynn, dining with above two hundred of them, amid bumpers, huzzas,...folks justice, they are sensible, and reasonable, My mind was extremely prepared for all this gloom by parting with Mr. Conway yesterday morning; moral... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 574 pages
...them in the town-hall, riding at the head of two thousand people through such a town as Lynn, dining with above two hundred of them, amid bumpers, huzzas,...folks justice, they are sensible, and reasonable, • Wife of William Roper, Esq. and eldest and favourite daughter of Sir Thomas More. She bought the... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1857 - 556 pages
...them in the townhall, riding at the head of two thousand people through such a town as Lynn, dining with above two hundred of them, amid bumpers, huzzas,...sixpenny whisk ! I have borne it all cheerfully ; nay, 1 The prayer of Sir Robert Walpole, recorded on the foundation-stone, was, that " after its master,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...them in the town-hall, riding at the head of two thousand people through such a town as Lynn, dining with above two hundred of them amid bumpers, huzzas,...finishing with country dancing at a ball and sixpenny whisk.1 I have borne it all cheerfully ; nay, have sat hours in conversation, the thing upon earth... | |
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