Chapter V

Admiral Boscawen’s illness and death--Wortley
Montagu’s death--“Montagu Minerva”--Voltaire’s
_Tancred_--Macpherson’s _Fingal_--Lord Bath’s gift to
Mrs. Carter--Dr. Young’s letters--Another _Dialogue of
the Dead_--An anonymous letter--the British Museum--A
country gentlewoman--Gesner’s _Mort d’Abel_--Lord Bath’s
character--The future queen--Mrs. Montagu’s advice to
Tom Lyttelton--Monsey’s bloom-coloured coat--Dr. Young’s
_Resignation_--Lord Bath’s portrait--The Coronation--Lady
Pomfret--Lord Bath at Sandleford--Position of
Ministers--An act of humility--Widows’ weeds--The
_Bas-Bleus_ and shells--Laurence Sterne 228–273

APPENDICES.

“Long” Sir Thomas Robinson 275

Sandleford Priory, Berks 278

Denton Hall, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland 281

INDEX 283

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

VOL. II.

MRS. MONTAGU _Frontispiece_

_From the engraved portrait by C. TOWNLEY, after FRANCES
REYNOLDS, in the possession of Mr. A. M. Broadley._
(_Photogravure._)

TO FACE PAGE

TEA AND COFFEE IN THE BATH-ROOM 38
_From the drawing by JOHN NIXON, in the possession of
Mr. A. M. Broadley._

THE CIRCUS, AT BATH 40
_From a drawing by THOMAS MALTON, in the possession of
Mr. A. M. Broadley._

THE KING’S BATH, AT BATH 60
_From a drawing by THOMAS ROWLANDSON, in the possession of
Mr. A. M. Broadley._

PHILIP, FOURTH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD 64
_From the picture by WILLIAM HOARE, R.A., in the National
Portrait Gallery._ (_Photogravure._)

DAVID AND MRS. GARRICK 82
_From the picture by WILLIAM HOGARTH, in the possession of
His Majesty The King._ (_Photogravure._)

GEORGE, LORD LYTTELTON 96
_From a picture by (unknown), in the National Portrait
Gallery._

MRS. MARY DELANY 106
_From the picture by JOHN OPIE, R.A., in the National
Portrait Gallery._

ALLERTHORPE HALL, YORKSHIRE 120

CONYERS MIDDLETON 120
_From the mezzotint by FABER, after the picture by
ECCARDT, 1746._ (_Photogravure._)

BENJAMIN STILLINGFLEET 128
_From an engraving by V. GREEN, after ZOFFANY._

MRS. ELIZABETH CARTER 160
_From the picture by SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A._

DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON 164
_From the picture painted for Topham
Beauclerk by SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A., in the
possession of Mr. A. H. Hallam Murray._

EDMUND BURKE 170
_From the picture by SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A., in the
National Portrait Gallery._

DR. EDWARD YOUNG 256
_From the picture by (unknown), in the National Portrait
Gallery._

WILLIAM PULTENEY, FIRST EARL OF BATH 258
_From a picture by SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A., 1761, in
the National Portrait Gallery._ (_Photogravure._)

LAURENCE STERNE 272
_After the picture by SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A., in the
possession of The Marquess of Lansdowne._ (_Photogravure._)

ELIZABETH MONTAGU

THE QUEEN OF THE BLUE-STOCKINGS