The Wits and Beaux of Society
by Mrs. A. T. Thomson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Wharton, Philip, 1834-1860
- Title
- The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 2
- Credits
- Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Antje Benter, Sandra Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
- Subject
- Socialites -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 10797
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10797
- Release Date
- January 1, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE — WITS AND BEAUX OF SOCIETY — BY
- 2.GRACE AND PHILIP WHARTON — EDITED BY
- 3.JUSTIN HUNTLY MCCARTHY, M. P. — And the original illustrations by
- 4.H. K. BROWNE AND JAMES GODWIN — TWO VOLS.—VOL. II. 1890
- 5.List of Illustrations
- 6.CONTENTS VOL. II. — HORACE WALPOLE. — GEORGE SELWYN. — RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN. — BEAU BRUMMELL. — THEODORE EDWARD HOOK. — SYDNEY SMITH. — GEORGE BUBB DODINGTON, LORD MELCOMBE. — HORACE WALPOLE. — "STRAWBERRY HILL FROM THE THAMES" — GEORGE SELWYN. — SELWYN ACKNOWLEDGES "THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE" — RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN. — "THE FAMOUS LITERARY CLUB." — "A TREASURE FOR A LADY"—SHERIDAN AND THE LAWYER. — BEAU BRUMMELL — "WHO'S YOUR FAT FRIEND?" — THEODORE EDWARD HOOK. — THEODORE HOOK'S ENGINEERING FROLIC — SYDNEY SMITH. — SYDNEY SMITH'S WITTY ANSWER TO THE OLD PARISH CLERK — GEORGE BUBB DODINGTON, LORD MELCOMBE.
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