Thomas Gray to Horace Walpole, [19 September 1756]
To The Honble Horace Walpole in Arlington Street London
BASINGSTOKE 20 SE
The Vine–Sept: Sunday.
Mr. Chute's proceedings are, as follows. soon after I wrote to you, being very easy, he got up & sate in a chair for two days, where having caught cold, he proceeded to go to bed again. however as he has felt no great matter of pain, today he is to be seen once more sitting by the fire-side. he won't hear of London, but talks of Bath, so I am easy about it, as that seems full as well. yet I wish, he would hasten his journey. I think of returning in four or five days to Stoke, as he is now no longer alone in the house. we are much obliged to you for your Packets & Newses, particularly for your old News. I, who deal in sequels & second Parts, am anxious to know, what became of my Lady Sundon. whether she sunk into the ground, or flew thro' the window after this thunderclap.
Adieu, I am ever
Yours
Yours
TG:
Letter ID:
letters.0257 (Source: TEI/XML)
Correspondents
Writer's age: 39
Addressee's age: 39
Dates
Date (on letter): Sept: Sunday
Calendar: Gregorian
Places
Address (on letter): The Vine
Physical description
Addressed: To The Honble Horace Walpole in Arlington Street London (postmark: BASINGSTOKE 20 SE)
Content
Language: English
Incipit: Mr. Chute's proceedings are, as follows. soon after I wrote to you,...
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Print Versions
- The Correspondence of Gray, Walpole, West and Ashton (1734-1771), 2 vols. Chronologically arranged and edited with introduction, notes, and index by Paget Toynbee. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1915, letter no. 201, vol. ii, 166-167
- The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. Ed. by W. S. Lewis. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP; London: Oxford UP, 1937-83, vols. 13/14: Horace Walpole's Correspondence with Thomas Gray, Richard West and Thomas Ashton i, 1734-42, Horace Walpole's Correspondence with Thomas Gray ii, 1745-71, ed. by W. S. Lewis, George L. Lam and Charles H. Bennett, 1948, vol. ii, 95-96
- Correspondence of Thomas Gray, 3 vols. Ed. by the late Paget Toynbee and Leonard Whibley, with corrections and additions by H. W. Starr. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971 [1st ed. 1935], letter no. 226, vol. ii, 481