 myself.—Yes, like Queen Eleanor in the ballad, I sunk at Charing Cross, and have risen in the Fauxbourg St. Germain. A plaisanterie on Rousseau, whose arrival here in his way to you brought me acquainted with many anecdotes conformable to the idea I...  The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford - Page 498by Horace Walpole - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Horace Walpole - 1820 - 524 pages
...think was that fashion?—I myself—Yes, like queen Elinor in the ballad, I sunk at Charingcross, and have risen in the Fauxbourg St. Germain. A plaisanterie...to the idea I had conceived of him, got about, was liked much more than it deserved, spread like wild-fire, and made me the subject of conversation. Rousseau's... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 pages
...fashion, has made them fly open—and what do yon think was that fashion? I myself. Yes, like Queen Elinor in the ballad, I sunk at Charing Cross, and have risen...to the idea I had conceived of him, got about, was liked much more than it deserved, spread like wild fire, and made me the subject of conversation. Rousseau's... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 402 pages
...fashion, has made them fly open—and what do you think was that fashion? I myself. Yes, like Queen Elinor in the ballad, I sunk at Charing Cross, and have risen...to the idea I had conceived of him, got about, was liked much more than it deserved, spread like wild fire, and made me the subject of conversation. Rousseau's... | |
 | Mary Berry - 1828 - 486 pages
...made them fly " open. And what do you think was that fashion ?—I, my" self. Yes, like Queen Elinor in the ballad, I sunk at " Charing Cross, and have risen in the Fauxbourg St. Ger" main.—Thank the Lord, though this is the firjst month, " it is the last week of my reign, and... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 484 pages
...think was that .fashion ?—I myself—Yes,*jlike queen Elinor in the ballad, I sunk at Charing-cross, and have risen in the Fauxbourg St. Germain. A plaisanterie...to the idea I had conceived of him, got about, was liked much more than it deserved, spread like wild-fire, and made me the subject of conversation. Rousseau's... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1837 - 490 pages
...the ballad, I sunk at Charing-cross, and have risen in the Fauxbourg St. Germain. A plaisanterie ou Rousseau, whose arrival here in his way to you brought...to the idea I had conceived of him, got about, was} liked much more than it deserved, spread like wild-fire, and made me the subject of conversation. Rousseau's... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 536 pages
...was that fashion ? — I myself. — Yes, like Queen Elinor in the ballad, I sunk at Charing-eross, and have risen in the Fauxbourg St. Germain. A plaisanterie...to the idea I had conceived of him, got about, was liked much more than it deserved, spread like wild-fire, and made me the subject of conversation. Rousseau's... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1842 - 580 pages
...you think was that fashion ? I myself. Yes, like Queen Elinor in the ballad, I sunk at Charing-cross, and have risen in the Fauxbourg St. Germain. A plaisanterie...to the idea I had conceived of him, got about, was liked much more than it deserved, spread like wildfire, and made me the subject of conversation. Rousseau's... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 574 pages
...in the ballad, I sunk at Charing-cross, and have risen in the Fauxbourg St. Germain. A plaisanlerie on Rousseau, whose arrival here in his way to you...to the idea I had conceived of him, got about, was liked much more than it deserved, spread like wildfire, and made me the subject of conversation. Rousseau's... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1852 - 596 pages
...fashion ?—I myself. Yes, like Queen Elinor in the ballad, I sunk at Charing Cross, and have risen at the Fauxbourg St. Germain. A plaisanterie on Rousseau,...to the idea I had conceived of him, got about, was liked much more than it deserved, spread like wildfire, and made me the subject of conversation. Rousseau's... | |
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