97. To the Countess of Ailesbury, Oct. 10.-Mr. Pitt's
resignation,
pension, and peerage--153
98. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Oct. 12.-Mr. Pitt's pension and
peerage. Ministerial changes--154
99. To George Montagu, Esq. Oct. 24.-City address to Mr. Pitt.
Glover's "Medea"--156
100. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Oct. 26.-Civic agitations. London
address to Mr. Pitt. Differences in the cabinet. State of
parties--
157
101. To George Montagu, Esq. Nov. 7.-Sir John Cust's nose.
Caricature of Hogarth--159
102. To the same, Nov. 28.-Private ball at court. Marriages.
Political changes--159
103. To the Countess of Ailesbury, Nov. 28.-Politics. Opera.
Burlettas. Private ball at court. Pamphlets on Mr. Pitt. Gray's
"Thyrsis, when we parted"--160
104. To Sir David Dalrymple, Nov. 30.-The best picture of an age
found in genuine letters. One from Anne of Denmark to the Marquis
of Buckingham. Hume's "History." "Hau Kiou Choaan;" a Chinese
history.--[N.] 161
105. To George Montagu, Esq. Dec. 8.-Hume's "History." "Fingal."
Doubts Of its authenticity. "Cymbeline"--162
106. To Sir David Dalrymple, Dec. 21.-Complaints of printers.
Difficulties of literature.--[N.] 163
107. To George Montagu, Esq. Dec. 23.-Irish revivification.
Effects
of age. Mistakes of life. Tricks of his printer. Mrs. Dunch's
auction. Losing at loo. Death of Lady Pomfret. Bon-mot of M. de
Choiseul. Lines on Lady Mary Coke's having St. Anthony's fire in
her cheek--164
108. To the same, Dec. 30.-Indifference to politics. Progress of
"Anecdotes of Painting." Death of Jemmy Pelham--165
1762.
(109. To the same, Jan. 26.-Upbraiding for not writing--167
110. To the same, Feb. 2.-Arrival of' Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
Her dress and personal appearance. Mr. Macnaughton's murder of
Miss
Knox. Visit to the Cock-Lane Ghost--168