Horace Walpole and His World: Select Passages from His Letters
CHAPTER VIII.
Walpole in his Sixty-fourth Year--The Royal Academy--Tonton--Charles Fox--William Pitt--Mrs. Hobart’s _Sans Souci_--Improvements at Florence--Walpole’s Dancing Feats--No Feathers at Court--Highwaymen--Loss of the _Royal George_--Mrs. Siddons--Peace--Its Social Consequences--The Coalition--The Rivals--Political Excitement--The Westminster Election--Political Caricatures--Conway’s Retirement--Lady Harrington--Balloons--Illness--Recovery 188