The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2
by Fanny Burney
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- THE DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAME D’ARBLAY
- With Notes by W. C. Ward
- In Three Volumes.
- VOL. 2. (1787-1792.)
- London: Vizetelly & Co., 16, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. 1891. Printed By J. S. Virtue & Company, London, City Road.
- 10. (1787) COURT DUTIES AT ST. JAMES’S AND WINDSOR—9-48
- 11 (1787-8) COURT DUTIES: SOME VARIATIONS IN THEIR ROUTINE—49-85
- 12 (1788) THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS—86-153
- 13. (1788) ROYAL VISIT TO CHELTENHAM—154—219
- 14. (1788-9) THE KING’S ILLNESS—220-299
- 15. (1789) THE KING’S RECOVERY: ROYAL VISIT TO WEYMOUTH—300-333
- 16. (1789-90) MR. FAIRLY’S MARRIAGE: THE HASTINGS TRIAL—334-365
- 17. (1790-1) MISS BURNEY RESIGNS HER PLACE AT COURT—366-409
- 18. (1791-2) REGAINED LIBERTY—410-468
- SECTION 10. (1787) COURT DUTIES AT ST. JAMES’S AND WINDSOR.
- THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY DRAWING ROOM.
- A SERIOUS DILEMMA.
- COUNSELS OF A COURT OFFICIAL.
- MR. TURBULENT’s ANXIETY TO INTRODUCE MR. WELLBRED.
- COLONEL WELLBRED IS RECEIVED AT TEA.
- ECCENTRIC MR. BRYANT.
- MR TURBULENT IN A NEW CHARACTER.
- BANTERING A PRINCESS.
- MR. TURBULENT MEETS WITH A REBUFF.
- A SURPRISE AT THE PLAY.
- THE KING’S BIRTHDAY.
- THE EQUERRIES: COLONEL MANNERS.
- COLONEL MANNERS’ MUSICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
- MRS. SCHWELLENBERG’S “LUMP OF LEATHER.”
- MRS. SCHWELLENBERG’s FROGS.
- SECTION 11. (1787-8.) COURT DUTIES: SOME VARIATIONS IN THEIR ROUTINE.
- MEETING OF THE TWO PRINCES.
- BUNBURY, THE CARICATURIST.
- MRS. SIDDONS PROVES DISAPPOINTING ON NEAR ACQUAINTANCE.
- MR. FAIRLY’S BEREAVEMENT.
- TROUBLESOME MR. TURBULENT.
- A CONCEITED PARSON.
- MR. TURBULENT BECOMES A NUISANCE.
- DR. HERSCHEL AND HIS SISTER.
- GAY AND ENTERTAINING MR. BUNBURY.
- THE PRINCE OF WALES AT WINDSOR AGAIN.
- FALSE RUMOURS OF MISS BURNEY’S RESIGNATION.
- TYRANNICAL MRS. SCHWELLENBERG.
- MRS. SCHWELLENBERG’S CAPRICIOUSNESS.
- CHATTY MR. BRYANT AGAIN.
- DR. JOHNSON’s LETTERS To MRS. THRALE DISCUSSED. Wednesday, Jan.
- A PAIR OF PARAGONS.
- SOME TRIVIAL COURT INCIDENTS.
- SECTION 12. (1788.) THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS.
- WESTMINSTER HALL AT THE OPENING OF THE HASTINGS TRIAL.
- WARREN HASTINGS APPEARS AT THE BAR.
- THE LORD CHANCELLOR’S SPEECH.
- THE READING OF THE CHARGES COMMENCED.
- AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
- WILLIAM WINDHAM ESQ., M.P.
- WINDHAM INVEIGHS AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS. Somewhat sarcastic, this—but
- MISS BURNEY BATTLES FOR THE ACCUSED.
- A WEARIED M.P.—MR. CRUTCHLEY REAPPEARS.
- MR. WINDHAM DISCUSSES THE IMPEACHMENT.
- WINDHAM AFFECTS TO COMMISERATE HASTINGS.
- MISS BURNEY IS AGAIN PRESENT AT HASTINGS’S TRIAL.
- BURKE’.S SPEECH IN SUPPORT OF THE CHARGES. At length the peers’
- FURTHER CONVERSATION WITH MR. WINDHAM.
- MISS FUZILIER LIKELY TO RECONCILE MRS. FAIRLY.
- THE HASTINGS TRIAL AGAIN: MR. FOX IN A RAGE. And now for my third
- MRS. CREWE, MR. BURKE, AND MR. WINDHAM.
- MISS BURNEY’S UNBIASED SENTIMENTS.
- BURKE AND SHERIDAN MEET WITH COLD RECEPTIONS.
- AT WINDSOR AGAIN.
- DEATH OF MRS. DELANY.
- THE HASTINGS TRIAL AND MR. WINDHAM AGAIN. The part of this month in
- “THE QUEEN IS SO KIND.”
- PERSONAL RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN WINDHAM AND HASTINGS.
- AGAIN AT WINDSOR.
- ANOTHER MEETING WITH MR. CRUTCHLEY.
- MR. TURBULENT’S TROUBLESOME PLEASANTRIES.
- COLONEL FAIRLY AND SECOND ATTACHMENTS.
- SECTION 13 (1788.) ROYAL VISIT TO CHELTENHAM.
- THE ROYAL PARTY AND THEIR SUITE.
- LOYALTY NOT DAMPED BY THE RAIN.
- ARRIVAL AT FAUCONBERG HALL.
- THE TEA-TABLE DIFFICULTY.
- A TETE-A-TETE WITH COLONEL FAIRLY.
- THE KING’s GENTLEMEN AND THE QUEEN’S LADIES.
- ROYALTY CROWDED AT FAUCONBERG HALL.
- AT THE WELLS.
- CONVERSATION AND FLIRTATION WITH COLONEL FAIRLY.
- MISS BURNEY MEETS AN OLD FRIEND.
- COLONEL FAIRLY AGAIN.
- A VISIT TO MISS PALMER.
- “ORIGINAL LOVE LETTERS.”
- THE FOUNDER OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS CRITICIZED.
- ON THE WALKS.
- AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.
- COURTS AND COURT LIFE.
- THE VINDICTIVE BARETTI.
- SPECULATIONS UPON COLONEL FAIRLY’S RE-MARRYING.
- COLONEL FAIRLY AGAIN PRESENTS HIMSELF.
- THE COLONEL AND THE “ORIGINAL LOVE LETTERS.”
- THE GOUT AND THE LOVE LETTERS, AGAIN.
- A DINNER WITH COLONEL FAIRLY AND MISS PLANTA.
- ROYAL CONCERN FOR THE COLONEL’s GOUT.
- YOUNG REPUBLICANS CONVERTED.
- THE PRINCES’ ANIMAL SPIRITS.
- THE DUKE OF YORK: ROYAL VISIT TO THE THEATRE.
- AN UN-COURTLY VISITOR.
- MR. FAIRLY READS “AKENSIDE” TO MISS BURNEY.
- THE DOCTOR’s EMBARRASSMENT.
- FROM GRAVE TO GAY.
- A VISIT TO WORCESTER.
- THE QUEEN AND MR. FAIRLY.
- MR. FAIRLY MORALIZES.
- MAJOR PRICE IS TIRED OF RETIREMENT.
- MR. FAIRLY’S LITTLE NOTE.
- THE RETURN TO WINDSOR.
- AT WINDSOR AGAIN THE CANON AND MRS. SCHWELLENBERG.
- COMPLIMENTS FROM A FAMOUS FOREIGN ASTRONOMER.
- THE PRINCE EYES MISS BURNEY CURIOUSLY.
- COLONEL MANNERS’S BEATING.
- MR. FAIRLY IS DISCUSSED BY HIS BROTHER EQUERRIES.
- BARON TRENCK: MR. TURBULENT’S RAILLERY.
- AMIABLE MRS. SCHWELLENBERG AGAIN.
- A ROYAL JOKE.
- COLONEL GOLDSWORTHY’S BREACH OF ETIQUETTE.
- ILLNESS OF MRS. SCHWELLENBERG.
- GENERAL GRENVILLE’S REGIMENT AT DRILL.
- SECTION 14 (1788-9.) THE KING’S ILLNESS.
- UNCERTAIN STATE OF THE KING’S HEALTH.
- THE KING COMPLAINS OF WANT OF SLEEP.
- DISTRESS OF THE QUEEN.
- FIRST OUTBURST OF THE KING’s DELIRIUM.
- AN ANXIOUS NIGHT.
- THE KING’S DELIRIOUS CONDITION.
- THE KING REFUSES TO SEE DR. WARREN.
- THE QUEEN’S ANXIETY TO HEAR DR. WARREN’S OPINION.
- THE QUEEN REMOVES TO MORE DISTANT APARTMENTS.
- A VISIT FROM MR. FAIRLY.
- THE KING’S NIGHT WATCHERS.
- MR. FAIRLY SUCCEEDS IN SOOTHING THE KING.
- NEW ARRANGEMENTS.
- THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA’S BIRTHDAY.
- STRANGE BEHAVIOUR OF THE FIRST GENTLEMAN IN EUROPE.
- STRINGENT NEW REGULATIONS.
- MRS. SCHWELLENBERG IS BACK AGAIN.
- PUBLIC PRAYERS FOR THE KING DECIDED UPON.
- SIR LUCAS PEPYS ON THE KING’S CONDITION.
- FURTHER CHANGES AT THE LODGE.
- MR. FAIRLY AND THE LEARNED LADIES.
- REPORTS ON THE KING’S CONDITION.
- MR. FAIRLY THINKS THE KING NEEDS STRICTER MANAGEMENT.
- MR. FAIRLY WANTS A CHANGE.
- REMOVAL OF THE KING TO KEW DETERMINED UPON.
- A PRIVY COUNCIL HELD.
- A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.
- THE KING’S ARRIVAL.
- THE ARRANGEMENTS AT KEW PALACE.
- A REGENCY HINTED AT.
- MR. FAIRLY’S KIND OFFICES.
- MRS. SCHWELLENBERG’S PARLOUR.
- A NEW PHYSICIAN SUMMONED.
- MRS. SCHWELLENBERG’S OPINION OF MR. FAIRLY.
- THE KING’S VARYING CONDITION.
- LEARNING IN WOMEN.
- THE QUEEN AND MR. FAIRLY’S VISITS.
- MR. FAIRLY ON FANS.
- MR. FAIRLY CONTINUES HIS VISITS: THE QUEEN AGAIN REMARKS UPON THEM.
- THE SEARCH FOR MR. FAIRLY.
- A ROYAL SALUTE AND ROYAL CONFIDENCES.
- CURIOSITY REGARDING Miss BURNEY’S MEETING WITH THE KING.
- THE REGENCY BILL.
- INFINITELY LICENTIOUS!
- MISS BURNEY IS TAXED WITH VISITING GENTLEMEN.
- IMPROVEMENT IN THE KING’S, HEALTH.
- MR. FAIRLY AND MR. WINDHAM.
- THE KING CONTINUES TO IMPROVE.
- THE KING’S HEALTH IS COMPLETELY RESTORED.
- SECTION 15. (1789-) THE KING’S RECOVERY: ROYAL VISIT To WEYMOUTH.
- THE KING’S REAPPEARANCE.
- AN AIRING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
- ILLUMINATIONS ON THE KING’s RECOVERY.
- TO THE KING.
- MR FAIRLY ON MISS BURNEY’S DUTIES.
- A VISIT FROM MISS FUZILIER.
- A COMMAND FROM HER MAJESTY.
- COLONEL MANNERS MYSTIFIES MRS. SCHWELLENBERG.
- THE SAILOR PRINCE.
- LOYAL RECEPTION OF THE KING IN THE NEW FOREST.
- WELCOME TO WEYMOUTH.
- THE ROYAL PLUNGE WITH MUSICAL HONOURS. “YOU MUST KNEEL, SIR!”
- ROYAL DOINGS IN AND ABOUT WEYMOUTH.
- A PATIENT AUDIENCE.
- A FATIGUING BUT PLEASANT DAY.
- LULWORTH CASTLE.
- THE ROYAL PARTY AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS.
- A JOURNEY To EXETER AND SALTRAM.
- MAY “ONE” COME IN?
- AN EXCURSION To PLYMOUTH DOCKYARD.
- A VISIT TO A SEVENTY-FOUR.
- A DAY AT MOUNT-EDGECUMBE.
- MR. FAIRLY ON A COURT LIFE.
- A BRIEF SOJOURN AT LONGLEAT.
- TOTTENHAM COURT: RETURN TO WINDSOR.
- SECTION 16. (1789-90.) MR. FAIRLY’S MARRIAGE: THE HASTINGS TRIAL.
- RUMOURS OF MR. FAIRLY’S IMPENDING MARRIAGE.
- A ROYAL VISIT TO THE THEATRE: JAMMED IN THE CROWD.
- IN THE MANAGER’S BOX.
- MR. FAIRLY’S MARRIAGE IMMINENT.
- COURT DUTIES DISCUSSED.
- MR. FAIRLY’S STRANGE WEDDING.
- AN ILLBRED EARL OF CHESTERFIELD.
- MISS BURNEY IN A NEW CAPACITY.
- THE LONG-FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY: MISS BURNEY AGAIN AS READER.
- COLONEL MANNERS IN HIS SENATORIAL CAPACITY.
- A CONVERSATION WITH MR. WINDHAM AT THE HASTINGS TRIAL.
- A GLIMPSE OF MRS. PIOZZI.
- CAPTAIN BURNEY WANTS A SHIP AND TO GO TO COURT.
- CAPTAIN BURNEY AND MR. WINDHAM.
- MR. WINDHAM SPEAKS ON A LEGAL POINT.
- AN EMPHATIC PERORATION.
- AN APTITUDE FOR LOGIC AND FOR GREEK.
- MORE TALK WITH MR. WINDHAM.
- SECTION 17. (1790-1) MISS BURNEY RESIGNS HER PLACE AT COURT.
- A MELANCHOLY CONFESSION.
- CAPTAIN BURNEY’S LACONIC LETTER AND INTERVIEW.
- BURKE’S SPEECH ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
- AN AWKWARD MEETING.
- A NEW VISIT FROM MRS. FAIRLY.
- ONE TRAGEDY FINISHED AND ANOTHER COMMENCED.
- MISS BURNEY’s RESIGNATION MEMORIAL.
- MR. WINDHAM INTERVENES.
- AN AMUSING INTERVIEW WITH MR. BOSWELL.
- And now for a scene a little surprising.
- ILL, UNSETTLED, AND UNHAPPY.
- A MEDICAL OPINION ON MISS BURNEY’S CONDITION.
- MISS BURNEY BREAKS THE MATTER TO THE QUEEN.
- THE MEMORIAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTE.
- THE KEEPER OF THE ROBES’ CONSTERNATION.
- LEAVE OF ABSENCE IS SUGGESTED.
- A ROYAL GIFT TO THE MASTER OF THE HORSE.
- “TO THE EARL OF HARCOURT.
- CONFERENCES WITH THE QUEEN.
- MISS BURNEY DETERMINES ON SECLUSION.
- THE HASTINGS TRIAL RESUMED: ‘THE ACCUSED MAKES HIS DEFENCE.
- MR. WINDHAM IS CONGRATULATED ON HIS SILENCE.
- PRINCE WILLIAM INSISTS ON THE KING’S HEALTH BEING DRUNK.
- THE QUEEN’s HEALTH.
- THE PROCESSION TO THE BALL-ROOM: ABSENCE OF THE PRINCES.
- BOSWELL’s LIFE OF JOHNSON.
- THE CLOSE OF MISS BURNEY’S COURT DUTIES.
- MISS BURNEY’S SUCCESSOR. A PENSION FROM THE QUEEN.
- LEAVE-TAKINGS.
- FAREWELL TO KEW.
- THE FINAL PARTING.
- I come now near the close of my Court career.
- SECTION 18. (1791-2.) REGAINED LIBERTY.
- A WESTERN JOURNEY: FARNHAM CASTLE.
- WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL.
- STONEHENGE, WILTON, AND MILTON ABBEY.
- LYME AND SIDMOUTH.
- SIDMOUTH LOYALTY.
- POWDERHAM CASTLE AND COLLUMPTON CHURCH.
- GLASTONBURY ABBEY.
- WELLS CATHEDRAL.
- BATH REVISITED.
- A VISIT FROM LADY SPENCER.
- BATH SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
- GEORGIANA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE
- BISHOP PERCY.
- THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE AGAIN.
- DR. BURNEY’S CONVERSATION WITH MR. BURKE: REMARKS BY Miss BURNEY.
- LITERARY RECREATION.
- SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDs’s BLINDNESS.
- AMONG OLD FRIENDS.
- MR. HASTINGS’S DEFENCE.
- DIVERSE VIEWS.
- MR. LAW’S SPEECH DISCUSSED.
- MR. WINDHAM ON THE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
- “A BARBAROUS BUSINESS!”
- DEATH OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
- MR. WINDHAM TWITTED ON His LACK OF COMPASSION.
- A POINT OF CEREMONIAL.
- MRS. SCHWELLENBERG AND MLLE. JACOBI.
- A LONG TALK WITH THE KING AND QUEEN.
- MADAME DE GENLIS: A WOEFUL CHANGE.
- THE WEEPING BEAUTY AGAIN.
- MADAME DE LA FITE AND MRS. HASTINGS.
- BOSWELL’S MIMICRY OF DR. JOHNSON.
- THE KING’S BIRTHDAY.
- June 4.—The birthday of our truly good king.
- MR. HASTINGS’S SPEECH.
- A WELL-PRESERVED BEAUTY.
- THE BURKES.
- BURKE’S CONVERSATIONAL POWERS.
- A WILD IRISH GIRL.
- ERSKINE’S EGOTISM.
- CAEN-WOOD.
- AN ADVENTURE WITH MRS. CREWE.
- AN INVITATION FROM ARTHUR YOUNG.
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