Part 3

43. TO THE SAME, Oct. 21, 1758.--His "Royal and Noble Authors"--Lord Clarendon--Sir R. Walpole and Lord Bolingbroke--The Duke of Leeds

44. TO MANN, Oct. 24, 1758.--Walpole's Monument to Sir Horace's Brother--Attempted Assassination of the King of Portugal--Courtesy of the Duc D'Aiguillon to his English Prisoners

45. TO ZOUCH, Dec. 9, 1758.--A New Edition of Lucan--Comparison of "Pharsalea"--Criticism on the Poet, with the Aeneid--Helvetius's Work, "De L'Esprit"

46. TO CONWAY, Jan. 19, 1759.--State of the House of Commons

47. TO DALRYMPLE, Feb. 25, 1759.--Robertson's "History of Scotland"--Comparison of Ramsay and Reynolds as Portrait-Painters--Sir David's "History of the Gowrie Conspiracy"

48. TO THE SAME, July 11, 1759.--Writers of History: Goodall, Hume, Robertson--Queen Christina

49. TO CONWAY, Aug. 14, 1759.--The Battle of Minden--Lord G. Sackville

50. TO MANN, Sept. 13, 1759.--Admiral Boscawen's Victory--Defeat of the King of Prussia--Lord G. Sackville

51. TO MONTAGU, Oct. 21, 1759.--A Year of Triumphs

52. TO THE SAME, Nov. 8, 1759.--French Bankruptcy--French Epigram

53. TO THE SAME, Jan. 7, 1760.--He lives amongst Royalty--Commotions in Ireland

54. TO THE SAME, Jan. 14, 1760.--Severity of the Weather--Scarcity in Germany--A Party at Prince Edward's--Charles Townsend's Comments on La Fontaine

55. TO MANN, Feb. 28, 1760.--Capture of Carrickfergus

56. TO DALRYMPLE, April 4, 1760.--The Ballad of "Hardyknute"--Mr. Home's "Siege of Aquileia"--"Tristram Shandy"--Bishop Warburton's Praise of it

57. TO THE SAME, June 20, 1760.--Erse Poetry--"The Dialogues of the Dead"--"The Complete Angler"

58. TO MONTAGU, Sept. 1, 1760.--Visits in the Midland Counties--Whichnovre--Sheffield--The new Art of Plating--Chatsworth--Haddon Hall--Hardwicke--Apartments of Mary Queen of Scots--Newstead--Althorp

59. TO THE SAME, April 16, 1761.--Gentleman's Dress--Influence of Lord Bute--Ode by Lord Middlesex--G. Selwyn's Quotation

60. TO THE SAME, May 5, 1761.--Capture of Belleisle--Gray's Poems--Hogarth's Vanity

61. TO THE SAME, May 22, 1761.--Intended Marriage of the King--Battles in Germany--Capture of Pondicherry--Burke

62. TO MANN, Sept. 10, 1761.--Arrival of the Princess of Mecklenburgh--The Royal Wedding--The Queen's Appearance and Behaviour

63. TO THE COUNTESS OF AILESBURY, Sept. 27, 1761.--The Coronation and subsequent Gaieties

64. TO THE SAME, Nov. 28, 1761.--A Court Ball--Pamphlets on Mr. Pitt--A Song by Gray

65. TO MANN, Jan. 29, 1762.--Death of the Czarina Elizabeth--The Cock-lane Ghost--Return to England of Lady Mary Wortley

66. TO ZOUCH, March 20, 1762.--His own "Anecdotes of Painting"--His Picture of the Wedding of Henry VII.--Burnet's Comparison of Tiberius and Charles II.--Addison's "Travels"

67. TO MANN, Aug. 12, 1762.--Birth of the Prince of Wales--The Czarina--Voltaire's Historical Criticisms--Immense Value of the Treasures brought over in the Hermione

68. TO CONWAY, Sept. 9, 1762.--Negotiations for Peace--Christening of the Prince of Wales

69. TO MANN, Oct. 3, 1762.--Treasures from the Havannah--The Royal Visit to Eton--Death of Lady Mary--Concealment of Her Works--Voltaire's "Universal History"

70. TO THE SAME, April 30, 1763.--Resignation of Lord Bute--French Visitors--Walpole and No. 45