Horace Walpole and His World: Select Passages from His Letters
CHAPTER X.
Walpole’s Love of English Scenery--Richmond Hill--Burke on the French Revolution--The Berrys at Florence--Death of George Selwyn--London Solitude--Repairs at Cliveden--Burke and Fox--The Countess of Albany--Journal of a Day--Mrs. Hobart’s Party--Ancient Trade with India--Lady Hamilton--A Boat Race--Return of the Berrys--Horace succeeds to the Peerage--Epitaphium Vivi Auctoris--His Wives--Mary Berry--Closing Years--Love of Moving Objects--Visit from Queen Charlotte--Death of Conway--Final Illness of Horace--His last