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The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay
By Fanny Burney
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Step directly into the intimate halls of royal courts and the vibrant literary circles of a bygone era. Through the sharp, observant eyes of a brilliant woman, experience the scandalous whispers, personal tragedies, and daily triumphs of history's most fascinating figures. This firsthand account offers an unfiltered glimpse into the private lives of kings, queens, and celebrated minds. Every entry is laced with wit, deep emotion, and astonishing historical detail. It is a breathtaking window into a world usually hidden behind velvet curtains.
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1DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAME D'ARBLAY.
274SOME TRIVIAL COURT INCIDENTS.
2SECT. 1 (1778.)
275SECTION 12. (1788.) THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS.
3MISS BURNEY PUBLISHES HER FIRST NOVEL AND FINDS HERSELF FAMOUS.
276WESTMINSTER HALL AT THE OPENING OF THE HASTINGS TRIAL.
4“EVELINA” AND THE MYSTERY ATTENDING ITS PUBLICATION.
277WARREN HASTINGS APPEARS AT THE BAR.
5A FIRST VISIT TO MRS. THRALE AND AN INTRODUCTION To DR. JOHNSON.
278THE LORD CHANCELLOR’S SPEECH.
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6FANNY BURNEY INTERVIEWS HER PUBLISHER.
279THE READING OF THE CHARGES COMMENCED.
7CONVERSATIONS WITH MRS. THRALE AND DR. JOHNSON.
280AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
8DR. JOHNSON ON SOME “LADIES” OF HIS ACQUAINTANCE
281WILLIAM WINDHAM ESQ., M.P.
9A LEARNED MAN ON “EVELINA.”
282WINDHAM INVEIGHS AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS. Somewhat sarcastic, this—but
10CURIOSITY REGARDING THE AUTHOR OF “EVELINA.”
283MISS BURNEY BATTLES FOR THE ACCUSED.
11THE MEMBERS OF DR. JOHNSON'S HOUSEHOLD.
284A WEARIED M.P.—MR. CRUTCHLEY REAPPEARS.
12ANTICIPATED VISIT FROM MRS. MONTAGU.
285MR. WINDHAM DISCUSSES THE IMPEACHMENT.
13FANNY BURNEY'S INTRODUCTION TO A CELEBRATED “BLUE-STOCKING.”
286WINDHAM AFFECTS TO COMMISERATE HASTINGS.
14DR. JOHNSON'S COMPLIMENTS AND GROSS SPEECHES.
287MISS BURNEY IS AGAIN PRESENT AT HASTINGS’S TRIAL.
15SUGGESTED HUSBANDS FOR FANNY BURNEY.
288BURKE’.S SPEECH IN SUPPORT OF THE CHARGES. At length the peers’
16A STREATHAM DINNER PARTY.
289FURTHER CONVERSATION WITH MR. WINDHAM.
17SECT. 2 (1779)
290MISS FUZILIER LIKELY TO RECONCILE MRS. FAIRLY.
18THE AUTHOR OF “EVELINA” IN SOCIETY:: SHE VISITS BRIGHTON AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS.
291THE HASTINGS TRIAL AGAIN: MR. FOX IN A RAGE. And now for my third
19A QUEER ADVENTURE.: St. Martin's Street, January.
292MRS. CREWE, MR. BURKE, AND MR. WINDHAM.
20AN EVENING AT SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS'S: A DEMONSTRATIVE “EVELINA” ENTHUSIAST.
293MISS BURNEY’S UNBIASED SENTIMENTS.
21FANNY BURNEY'S INTRODUCTION TO SHERIDAN.
294BURKE AND SHERIDAN MEET WITH COLD RECEPTIONS.
22AN ARISTOCRATIC RADICAL OF THE LAST CENTURY.
295AT WINDSOR AGAIN.
23MR. MURPHY, THE DRAMATIST.
296DEATH OF MRS. DELANY.
24A BEAUTY WEEPING AT WILL,
297THE HASTINGS TRIAL AND MR. WINDHAM AGAIN. The part of this month in
25MR. MURPHY'S CONCERN REGARDING FANNY BURNEY'S COMEDY.
298“THE QUEEN IS SO KIND.”
26A SCENE ON THE BRIGHTON PARADE.
299PERSONAL RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN WINDHAM AND HASTINGS.
27MR. MURPHY CONSIDERS THE DIALOGUE IS CHARMING: A CENSORIOUS LADY.
300AGAIN AT WINDSOR.
28A MILITIA CAPTAIN OFFICIATES AS BARBER.
301ANOTHER MEETING WITH MR. CRUTCHLEY.
29“HEARTS HAVE AT YE ALL.”
302MR. TURBULENT’S TROUBLESOME PLEASANTRIES.
30GIDDY MISS BROWN.
303COLONEL FAIRLY AND SECOND ATTACHMENTS.
31SOPHY STREATFIELD AGAIN WEEPS TO ORDER.
304SECTION 13 (1788.) ROYAL VISIT TO CHELTENHAM.
32“EVERYTHING A BORE.”
305THE ROYAL PARTY AND THEIR SUITE.
33PROPOSED MATCH BETWEEN MR. SEWARD AND THE WEEPER-AT-WILL.
306LOYALTY NOT DAMPED BY THE RAIN.
34THE FATE OF “THE WITLINGS.”: FANNY BURNEY to MR. CRISP.
307ARRIVAL AT FAUCONBERG HALL.
35“QUITE WHAT WE CALL,” AND “GIVE ME LEAVE To TELL YOU.”
308THE TEA-TABLE DIFFICULTY.
36THE CRYING BEAUTY AND HER MOTHER.
309A TETE-A-TETE WITH COLONEL FAIRLY.
37A BEWITCHING PRODIGY.
310THE KING’s GENTLEMEN AND THE QUEEN’S LADIES.
38AT BRIGHTON: A “CURE.” THE JEALOUS CUMBERLANDS.
311ROYALTY CROWDED AT FAUCONBERG HALL.
39AN AMUSING CHARACTER: HIS VIEWS ON MANY SUBJECTS.
312AT THE WELLS.
40SECT. 3 (1780-1781)
313CONVERSATION AND FLIRTATION WITH COLONEL FAIRLY.
41A SEASON AT BATH: MR. THRALE'S DEATH.
314MISS BURNEY MEETS AN OLD FRIEND.
42A YOUTHFUL PRODIGY.
315COLONEL FAIRLY AGAIN.
43LORD MULGRAVE ON THE “SERVICES.”
316A VISIT TO MISS PALMER.
44SARAH, DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.
317“ORIGINAL LOVE LETTERS.”
45THE BYRONS.
318THE FOUNDER OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS CRITICIZED.
46MR. HENRY WILL BE SO MORTIFIED.
319ON THE WALKS.
47ALL THE BEST FAMILIES IN THE NAVY.
320AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.
48THE LADY OF BATH EASTON.
321COURTS AND COURT LIFE.
49A FASHIONABLE CONCERT.
322THE VINDICTIVE BARETTI.
50A BATH ALDERMAN'S RAREE SHOW.
323SPECULATIONS UPON COLONEL FAIRLY’S RE-MARRYING.
51FLIGHTY CAPTAIN BOUCHIER.
324COLONEL FAIRLY AGAIN PRESENTS HIMSELF.
52A YOUNG AND AGREEABLE INFIDEL.
325THE COLONEL AND THE “ORIGINAL LOVE LETTERS.”
53BALL-ROOM FLIRTATIONS.
326THE GOUT AND THE LOVE LETTERS, AGAIN.
54FURTHER FLIRTATIONS.
327A DINNER WITH COLONEL FAIRLY AND MISS PLANTA.
55BATH EASTON AND SCEPTICAL MISS W——
328ROYAL CONCERN FOR THE COLONEL’s GOUT.
56CURIOSITY ABOUT THE “EVELINA” SET.
329YOUNG REPUBLICANS CONVERTED.
57ALARM AT THE “NO POPERY” RIOTS.
330THE PRINCES’ ANIMAL SPIRITS.
58HASTY DEPARTURE FROM BATH.
331THE DUKE OF YORK: ROYAL VISIT TO THE THEATRE.
59THE GORDON RIOTS.
332AN UN-COURTLY VISITOR.
60A SUGGESTED VISIT To GRUB-STREET.
333MR. FAIRLY READS “AKENSIDE” TO MISS BURNEY.
61FANNY BURNEY'S BROTHER IS PROMOTED.
334THE DOCTOR’s EMBARRASSMENT.
62THE DEATH OF MR. THRALE.
335FROM GRAVE TO GAY.
63SECT. 4 (1781-2.)
336A VISIT TO WORCESTER.
64MISS BURNEY EXTENDS THE CIRCLE OF HER ACQUAINTANCE.
337THE QUEEN AND MR. FAIRLY.
65YOUNG MR. CRUTCHLEY RUFFLES MISS BURNEY.: Streatham, May.
338MR. FAIRLY MORALIZES.
66MISS BURNEY SULKS ON.
339MAJOR PRICE IS TIRED OF RETIREMENT.
67TOO MUCH OF MANY THINGS.
340MR. FAIRLY’S LITTLE NOTE.
68A “POOR WRETCH OF A PAINTER.”
341THE RETURN TO WINDSOR.
69DR. JOHNSON IN A RAGE.
342AT WINDSOR AGAIN THE CANON AND MRS. SCHWELLENBERG.
70THE MISERABLE HOST AND MELANCHOLY GUEST.
343COMPLIMENTS FROM A FAMOUS FOREIGN ASTRONOMER.
71TWO CELEBRATED DUCHESSES DISCUSSED.
344THE PRINCE EYES MISS BURNEY CURIOUSLY.
72MR. CRUTCHLEY IS BANTERED ABOUT HIS PRIDE.
345COLONEL MANNERS’S BEATING.
73MISS SOPHY STREATHIELD IS COMMENTED ON
346MR. FAIRLY IS DISCUSSED BY HIS BROTHER EQUERRIES.
74GARRULOUS MR. MUSGRAVE.
347BARON TRENCK: MR. TURBULENT’S RAILLERY.
75A PARTING SHOT AT MR. CRUTCHLEY.
348AMIABLE MRS. SCHWELLENBERG AGAIN.
76MANAGER HELIOGABALUS.
349A ROYAL JOKE.
77SISTER AUTHORESSES.
350COLONEL GOLDSWORTHY’S BREACH OF ETIQUETTE.
78A DINNER AT SIR JOSHUA'S, WITH BURKE AND GIBBON.
351ILLNESS OF MRS. SCHWELLENBERG.
79A LETTER FROM BURKE To FANNY BURNEY.
352GENERAL GRENVILLE’S REGIMENT AT DRILL.
80MISS BURNEY SITS FOR HER PORTRAIT
353SECTION 14 (1788-9.) THE KING’S ILLNESS.
81GENERAL PAOLI.[152]
354UNCERTAIN STATE OF THE KING’S HEALTH.
82SECT. 5 (1782-3-4-)
355THE KING COMPLAINS OF WANT OF SLEEP.
83“CECILIA”: A PAEAN OF PRAISE: LAMENTATIONS.
356DISTRESS OF THE QUEEN.
84AT BRIGHTON AGAIN, THE “FAmous Miss BURNEY.”: Brighthelmstone, Oct. 26.
357FIRST OUTBURST OF THE KING’s DELIRIUM.
85DR. JOHNSON DOGMATISES.
358AN ANXIOUS NIGHT.
86A CUNNING RUNAWAY HEIRESS.
359THE KING’S DELIRIOUS CONDITION.
87DR. JOHNSON A BORE.
360THE KING REFUSES TO SEE DR. WARREN.
88MISS BURNEY WILL NOT BE PERSUADED TO DANCE.
361THE QUEEN’S ANXIETY TO HEAR DR. WARREN’S OPINION.
89DR. JOHNSON HELD IN GENERAL DREAD.
362THE QUEEN REMOVES TO MORE DISTANT APARTMENTS.
90SHORT, FAT, HANDSOME MISS MONCKTON: DUCAL INDIFFERENCE.
363A VISIT FROM MR. FAIRLY.
91MISS MONCKTON'S ASSEMBLY: SACQUES AND RUFFLES.
364THE KING’S NIGHT WATCHERS.
92AT MISS MONCKTON'S: “CECILIA” EXTOLLED BY THE “OLD WITS,” AND BY BURKE.
365MR. FAIRLY SUCCEEDS IN SOOTHING THE KING.
93A WRITER OF ROMANCES.
366NEW ARRANGEMENTS.
94MRS. WALSINGHAM.
367THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA’S BIRTHDAY.
95MRS. SIDDONS.
368STRANGE BEHAVIOUR OF THE FIRST GENTLEMAN IN EUROPE.
96DR. JOHNSON'S INMATES AT BOLT-COURT.
369STRINGENT NEW REGULATIONS.
97THE TWO MR. CAMBRIDGES IMPROVE UPON ACQUAINTANCE.
370MRS. SCHWELLENBERG IS BACK AGAIN.
98THE SHILLING, THE CHAIRMAN, AND THE GREEN-SHOP GIRL.
371PUBLIC PRAYERS FOR THE KING DECIDED UPON.
99MR. SOAME JENYNS'S EULOGY ON “CECILIA.”
372SIR LUCAS PEPYS ON THE KING’S CONDITION.
100AN ITALIAN SINGER'S VIEWS OF ENGLAND.
373FURTHER CHANGES AT THE LODGE.
101RAPTURES OF THE “OLD WITS” OVER “CECILIA.”
374MR. FAIRLY AND THE LEARNED LADIES.
102ILLNESS AND DEATH OF MR. CRISP.
375REPORTS ON THE KING’S CONDITION.
103FANNY BURNEY to MR. CRISP: April 12, 1783.
376MR. FAIRLY THINKS THE KING NEEDS STRICTER MANAGEMENT.
104DR. JOHNSON ATTACKED BY PARALYSIS.
377MR. FAIRLY WANTS A CHANGE.
105A PLEASANT DAY WITH THE CAMBRIDGES.
378REMOVAL OF THE KING TO KEW DETERMINED UPON.
106DR. JOHNSON's HEROIC FORBEARANCE.
379A PRIVY COUNCIL HELD.
107“SWEET BEWITCHING MRS. LOCKE.”
380A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.
108MRS. THRALE'S SECOND MARRIAGE.
381THE KING’S ARRIVAL.
109MRS. THRALE to FANNY BURNEY: Mortimer-st., Cavendish-sq.
382THE ARRANGEMENTS AT KEW PALACE.
110FANNY BURNEY to MRS. PIOZZI: Norbury Park,
383A REGENCY HINTED AT.
111MRS. PIOZZI to FANNY BURNEY: Wellbeck-st., NO, 33, Cavendish-sq.,
384MR. FAIRLY’S KIND OFFICES.
112A HAPPY HOME.
385MRS. SCHWELLENBERG’S PARLOUR.
113LADY F.'s ANGER AT MRS. PIOZZI'S MARRIAGE.
386A NEW PHYSICIAN SUMMONED.
114FANNY BURNEY TO MRS. LOCKE.: St. Martin's St.,
387MRS. SCHWELLENBERG’S OPINION OF MR. FAIRLY.
115DR. JOHNSON'S FAILING HEALTH.
388THE KING’S VARYING CONDITION.
116DR. JOHNSON DYING. HIS DEATH.
389LEARNING IN WOMEN.
117SECT. 6 (1785-6.)
390THE QUEEN AND MR. FAIRLY’S VISITS.
118MISS BURNEY IS FAVOURABLY NOTICED BY THE KING AND QUEEN.
391MR. FAIRLY ON FANS.
119ROYAL GENEROSITY to MRS. DELANY.
392MR. FAIRLY CONTINUES HIS VISITS: THE QUEEN AGAIN REMARKS UPON THEM.
120FANNY BURNEY TO DR. BURNEY: St. James's-place,
393THE SEARCH FOR MR. FAIRLY.
121FANNY BURNEY TO MRS. LOCKE.: St. James's-place,
394A ROYAL SALUTE AND ROYAL CONFIDENCES.
122A VISIT TO MRS. DELANY.
395CURIOSITY REGARDING Miss BURNEY’S MEETING WITH THE KING.
123ROYAL CURIOSITY ABOUT MISS BURNEY.
396THE REGENCY BILL.
124AN ANTICIPATED ROYAL INTERVIEW.
397INFINITELY LICENTIOUS!
125DIRECTIONS FOR A PRIVATE ENCOUNTER WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY.
398MISS BURNEY IS TAXED WITH VISITING GENTLEMEN.
126A PANIC.: In the midst of all this, the queen came!
399IMPROVEMENT IN THE KING’S, HEALTH.
127“THE KING! AUNT, THE KING!”
400MR. FAIRLY AND MR. WINDHAM.
128THE KING CATEGORICALLY QUESTIONS Miss BURNEY.
401THE KING CONTINUES TO IMPROVE.
129THE QUEEN APPEARS UPON THE SCENE.
402THE KING’S HEALTH IS COMPLETELY RESTORED.
130“MISS BURNEY PLAYS—BUT NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.”
403SECTION 15. (1789-) THE KING’S RECOVERY: ROYAL VISIT To WEYMOUTH.
131A DRAWING-ROOM DURING A FOG.
404THE KING’S REAPPEARANCE.
132WILL MISS BURNEY WRITE ANY MORE?
405AN AIRING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
133A MUSICIAN, WITH A PROBOSCIS.
406ILLUMINATIONS ON THE KING’s RECOVERY.
134GENERAL CONVERSATION: ROYALTY DEPARTS.: After this, Mrs. Delany mentioned Madame de la Fite and her son.
407TO THE KING.
135THE KING AGAIN: TEA TABLE ETIQUETTE.
408MR FAIRLY ON MISS BURNEY’S DUTIES.
136GEORGE III. ON PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
409A VISIT FROM MISS FUZILIER.
137LITERARY TALK WITH THE QUEEN.: Tuesday, Dec. 20.—1st, summons; 2ndly, entree.
410A COMMAND FROM HER MAJESTY.
138THE QUEEN ON ROMAN CATHOLIC SUPERSTITIONS.
411COLONEL MANNERS MYSTIFIES MRS. SCHWELLENBERG.
139ON BEING PRESENTED.
412THE SAILOR PRINCE.
140FANNY BURNEY TO MRS. BURNEY.: Windsor, Dec. 17
413LOYAL RECEPTION OF THE KING IN THE NEW FOREST.
141DIRECTIONS FOR COUGHING, SNEEZING, OR MOVING BEFORE THE KING AND QUEEN.
414WELCOME TO WEYMOUTH.
142DR. BURNEY IS DISAPPOINTED OF A PLACE.
415THE ROYAL PLUNGE WITH MUSICAL HONOURS. “YOU MUST KNEEL, SIR!”
143A VISIT TO WARREN HASTINGS AND HIS WIFE.
416ROYAL DOINGS IN AND ABOUT WEYMOUTH.
144A PROPOSAL FROM THE QUEEN.
417A PATIENT AUDIENCE.
145MISS BURNEY ACCEPTS THE QUEEN'S OFFER.
418A FATIGUING BUT PLEASANT DAY.
146FANNY BURNEY TO DR. BURNEY
419LULWORTH CASTLE.
147FANNY BURNEY TO MRS. FRANCIS: [202]
420THE ROYAL PARTY AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS.
148SECT. 7 (1786)
421A JOURNEY To EXETER AND SALTRAM.
149MISS BURNEY ENTERS UPON HER COURT DUTIES.
422MAY “ONE” COME IN?
150THE QUEEN'S SUMMONS.
423AN EXCURSION To PLYMOUTH DOCKYARD.
151A MILITARY GOURMAND.
424A VISIT TO A SEVENTY-FOUR.
152A SUCCESSION OF VISITORS.
425A DAY AT MOUNT-EDGECUMBE.
153THE TEA TABLE OF THE KEEPER OF THE ROBES.
426MR. FAIRLY ON A COURT LIFE.
154EVENING CEREMONIAL IN THE QUEEN'S DRESSING ROOM.
427A BRIEF SOJOURN AT LONGLEAT.
155THE QUEEN'S TOILETTES.
428TOTTENHAM COURT: RETURN TO WINDSOR.
156CONGRATULATORY VISITS FROM COURT OFFICIALS.
429SECTION 16. (1789-90.) MR. FAIRLY’S MARRIAGE: THE HASTINGS TRIAL.
157INOPPORTUNE VISITORS.
430RUMOURS OF MR. FAIRLY’S IMPENDING MARRIAGE.
158MAJOR PRICE AND COLONEL POLIER.
431A ROYAL VISIT TO THE THEATRE: JAMMED IN THE CROWD.
159MISS BURNEY'S DAILY ROUTINE AT WINDSOR.
432IN THE MANAGER’S BOX.
160THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
433MR. FAIRLY’S MARRIAGE IMMINENT.
161THE COURT AT KEW: A THREE YEAR OLD PRINCESS.
434COURT DUTIES DISCUSSED.
162A DRAWING-ROOM AT ST. JAMES'S.
435MR. FAIRLY’S STRANGE WEDDING.
163ABSENCE OF STATE AT KEW.
436AN ILLBRED EARL OF CHESTERFIELD.
164MISS BURNEY'S FIRST EVENING OUT
437MISS BURNEY IN A NEW CAPACITY.
165CASUAL CALLERS TO BE KEPT OFF: A NEW ARRIVAL.
438THE LONG-FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY: MISS BURNEY AGAIN AS READER.
166THE ROYAL PRINCESSES.
439COLONEL MANNERS IN HIS SENATORIAL CAPACITY.
167ALARMING NEWS.
440A CONVERSATION WITH MR. WINDHAM AT THE HASTINGS TRIAL.
168THE ATTEMPT AGAINST THE KING.
441A GLIMPSE OF MRS. PIOZZI.
169AGITATION OF THE QUEEN AND PRINCESSES.
442CAPTAIN BURNEY WANTS A SHIP AND TO GO TO COURT.
170A PRIVILEGE IS SECURED.
443CAPTAIN BURNEY AND MR. WINDHAM.
171THE QUEEN CONTINUES ANXIOUS.
444MR. WINDHAM SPEAKS ON A LEGAL POINT.
172SNUFF PREPARER-IN—CHIEF.
445AN EMPHATIC PERORATION.
173A SUPPER MYSTERY.
446AN APTITUDE FOR LOGIC AND FOR GREEK.
174LITTLE PRINCESS AMELIA'S BIRTHDAY.
447MORE TALK WITH MR. WINDHAM.
175THE CIPHER BECOMES A NUMBER.
448SECTION 17. (1790-1) MISS BURNEY RESIGNS HER PLACE AT COURT.
176DISPLAY OF LOYALTY AT LITTLE KEW.
449A MELANCHOLY CONFESSION.
177MISS BERNAR, THE QUEEN WILL GIVE YOU A GOWN.
450CAPTAIN BURNEY’S LACONIC LETTER AND INTERVIEW.
178A CROWDED DRAWING-ROOM.
451BURKE’S SPEECH ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
179THE KEEPER OF THE ROBES IS VERY MUCH PUT OUT.
452AN AWKWARD MEETING.
180SECT. 8 (1786.)
453A NEW VISIT FROM MRS. FAIRLY.
181ROYAL VISIT TO NUNEHAM, OXFORD AND BLENHEIM.
454ONE TRAGEDY FINISHED AND ANOTHER COMMENCED.
182A JOB'S COMFORTER.
455MISS BURNEY’s RESIGNATION MEMORIAL.
183THE JOURNEY To NUNEHAM: UNGRACious RECEPTION.
456MR. WINDHAM INTERVENES.
184A HASTY INTRODUCTION To LADY HARCOURT.
457AN AMUSING INTERVIEW WITH MR. BOSWELL.: And now for a scene a little surprising.
185APPARITION OF THE PRINCESSES.
458ILL, UNSETTLED, AND UNHAPPY.
186FROM PILLAR TO POST.
459A MEDICAL OPINION ON MISS BURNEY’S CONDITION.
187“THE EQUERRIES WANT THE LADIES.”
460MISS BURNEY BREAKS THE MATTER TO THE QUEEN.
188SUMMONED TO THE QUEEN.
461THE MEMORIAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTE.
189A CHECK FOR THE COLONEL.
462THE KEEPER OF THE ROBES’ CONSTERNATION.
190THANKSGIVING SERVICE; AT NUNEHAM.
463LEAVE OF ABSENCE IS SUGGESTED.
191ROYAL VISIT TO OXFORD: RECEPTION BY THE UNIVERSITY.: And now for the Oxford expedition.
464A ROYAL GIFT TO THE MASTER OF THE HORSE.: “TO THE EARL OF HARCOURT.
192THE ROYAL FAMILY ARE MUCH AFFECTED.
465CONFERENCES WITH THE QUEEN.
193THE PRESENTATIONS: RETIRING BACKWARDS.
466MISS BURNEY DETERMINES ON SECLUSION.
194THE COLLEGES VISITED: A STEALTHY COLLATION.
467THE HASTINGS TRIAL RESUMED: ‘THE ACCUSED MAKES HIS DEFENCE.
195RETREATING FROM THE ROYAL PRESENCE.
468MR. WINDHAM IS CONGRATULATED ON HIS SILENCE.
196SURPRISED BY THE QUEEN.
469PRINCE WILLIAM INSISTS ON THE KING’S HEALTH BEING DRUNK.
197AT NUNEHAM AGAIN.
470THE QUEEN’s HEALTH.
198A LIVELY BREAKFAST INCIDENT.
471THE PROCESSION TO THE BALL-ROOM: ABSENCE OF THE PRINCES.
199SECT. 9 (1786-7-)
472BOSWELL’s LIFE OF JOHNSON.
200COURT DUTIES AT WINDSOR AND KEW.
473THE CLOSE OF MISS BURNEY’S COURT DUTIES.
201THE MISCHIEF-MAKING KEEPER OF THE ROBES.
474MISS BURNEY’S SUCCESSOR. A PENSION FROM THE QUEEN.
202A TERRACE PARTY.
475LEAVE-TAKINGS.
203A NERVOUS READER.
476FAREWELL TO KEW.
204MISS BURNEY REPINES AT HER POSITION.
477THE FINAL PARTING.: I come now near the close of my Court career.
205FANNY BURNEY TO MRS. PHILIPS.
478SECTION 18. (1791-2.) REGAINED LIBERTY.
206MADAME DE GENLIs DISCUSSED.
479A WESTERN JOURNEY: FARNHAM CASTLE.
207A DISTINGUISHED ASTRONOMER.
480WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL.
208EFFUSIVE MADAME DE LA ROCHE.
481STONEHENGE, WILTON, AND MILTON ABBEY.
209A DINNER DIFFICULTY.
482LYME AND SIDMOUTH.
210AN ECCENTRIC LADY.
483SIDMOUTH LOYALTY.
211THE WRONG GUEST INVITED.
484POWDERHAM CASTLE AND COLLUMPTON CHURCH.
212THE PRINCESS ROYAL's BIRTHDAY.
485GLASTONBURY ABBEY.
213ARRIVAL OF A NEW EQUERRY.
486WELLS CATHEDRAL.
214CUSTODIAN OF THE QUEEN'S JEWEL Box.
487BATH REVISITED.
215A LAUDATORY ESTIMATE OF THE QUEEN.
488A VISIT FROM LADY SPENCER.
216TABLE DIFFICULTIES.
489BATH SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
217AN EQUERRY'S DUTIES AND DISCOMFORTS.
490GEORGIANA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE
218ROYAL CAUTIONS AND CONFIDENCES.
491BISHOP PERCY.
219THE QUEEN TIRED OF HER GEWGAWS.
492THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE AGAIN.
220A HOLIDAY AT LAST.
493DR. BURNEY’S CONVERSATION WITH MR. BURKE: REMARKS BY Miss BURNEY.
221TEA ROOM GAMBOLS.
494LITERARY RECREATION.
222A DREADFUL MISHAP.
495SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDs’s BLINDNESS.
223“IS IT PERMITTED?”
496AMONG OLD FRIENDS.
224THE PLUMP PROVOST AND HIS LADY.
497MR. HASTINGS’S DEFENCE.
225THE EQUERRIES VIOLATE THE RULES.
498DIVERSE VIEWS.
226MR. TURBULENT ON COURT ROUTINE.
499MR. LAW’S SPEECH DISCUSSED.
227AN EQUERRY ON THE COURT CONCERT.
500MR. WINDHAM ON THE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.: “A BARBAROUS BUSINESS!”
228DR. HERSCHFL'S LARGE TELESCOPE.
501DEATH OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
229ILLNESS, AND SOME REFLECTIONS IT GAVE RISE TO.
502MR. WINDHAM TWITTED ON His LACK OF COMPASSION.
230IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
503A POINT OF CEREMONIAL.
231VOL. 2. (1787-1792.)
504MRS. SCHWELLENBERG AND MLLE. JACOBI.
23210. (1787) COURT DUTIES AT ST. JAMES’S AND WINDSOR—9-48
505A LONG TALK WITH THE KING AND QUEEN.
23311 (1787-8) COURT DUTIES: SOME VARIATIONS IN THEIR ROUTINE—49-85
506MADAME DE GENLIS: A WOEFUL CHANGE.
23412 (1788) THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS—86-153
507THE WEEPING BEAUTY AGAIN.
23513. (1788) ROYAL VISIT TO CHELTENHAM—154—219
508MADAME DE LA FITE AND MRS. HASTINGS.
23614. (1788-9) THE KING’S ILLNESS—220-299
509BOSWELL’S MIMICRY OF DR. JOHNSON.
23715. (1789) THE KING’S RECOVERY: ROYAL VISIT TO WEYMOUTH—300-333
510THE KING’S BIRTHDAY.: June 4.—The birthday of our truly good king.
23816. (1789-90) MR. FAIRLY’S MARRIAGE: THE HASTINGS TRIAL—334-365
511MR. HASTINGS’S SPEECH.
23917. (1790-1) MISS BURNEY RESIGNS HER PLACE AT COURT—366-409
512A WELL-PRESERVED BEAUTY.
24018. (1791-2) REGAINED LIBERTY—410-468
513THE BURKES.
241SECTION 10. (1787) COURT DUTIES AT ST. JAMES’S AND WINDSOR.
514BURKE’S CONVERSATIONAL POWERS.
242THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY DRAWING ROOM.
515A WILD IRISH GIRL.
243A SERIOUS DILEMMA.
516ERSKINE’S EGOTISM.
244COUNSELS OF A COURT OFFICIAL.
517CAEN-WOOD.
245MR. TURBULENT’s ANXIETY TO INTRODUCE MR. WELLBRED.
518AN ADVENTURE WITH MRS. CREWE.
246COLONEL WELLBRED IS RECEIVED AT TEA.
519AN INVITATION FROM ARTHUR YOUNG.
247ECCENTRIC MR. BRYANT.
520MADAME DE GENLIS'S HASTY RETREAT.
248MR TURBULENT IN A NEW CHARACTER.
521DUCAL VIVACITY AND SADNESS.
249BANTERING A PRINCESS.
522"CETTE COQUINE DE BRULARD."
250MR. TURBULENT MEETS WITH A REBUFF.
523GRACEFUL OFFERS OF HOSPITALITY.
251A SURPRISE AT THE PLAY.
524THE EMIGRANTS AT JUNIPER HALL DESCRIBED.
252THE KING’S BIRTHDAY.
525THE PHILLIPSES AT JUNIPER HALL.
253THE EQUERRIES: COLONEL MANNERS.
526REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETIES IN NORFOLK. DEATH OF MR. FRANCIS.
254COLONEL MANNERS’ MUSICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
527DEPARTURE OF MADAME DE LA CHATRE.
255MRS. SCHWELLENBERG’S “LUMP OF LEATHER.”
528MISS BURNEY'S ADMIRATION OF MADAME DE STAEL.
256MRS. SCHWELLENBERG’s FROGS.
529MADAME D'ARBLAY ON HER MARRIAGE.
257SECTION 11. (1787-8.) COURT DUTIES: SOME VARIATIONS IN THEIR ROUTINE.
530M. D'ARDLAY AS A GARDENER.
258MEETING OF THE TWO PRINCES.
531A CONVERSATION WITH THE QUEEN.
259BUNBURY, THE CARICATURIST.
532THE RELATIVE SUCCESS OF MADAME D'ARBLAY'S NOVELS. (pt. 1)
260MRS. SIDDONS PROVES DISAPPOINTING ON NEAR ACQUAINTANCE.
533THE RELATIVE SUCCESS OF MADAME D'ARBLAY'S NOVELS. (pt. 2)
261MR. FAIRLY’S BEREAVEMENT.
534HORTICULTURAL MISFORTUNES.
262TROUBLESOME MR. TURBULENT.
535A SCENE.
263A CONCEITED PARSON.
536A YOUNG GIRL'S ENTRY TO LONDON SOCIETY. MADAME DE STAEL.
264MR. TURBULENT BECOMES A NUISANCE.
537FAVOURABLE NEWS OF M. D'ARBLAY.
265DR. HERSCHEL AND HIS SISTER.
538PREPARATIONS FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
266GAY AND ENTERTAINING MR. BUNBURY.
539RECEPTION AT THE PREFECTURE AT ARRAS. (pt. 1)
267THE PRINCE OF WALES AT WINDSOR AGAIN.
540RECEPTION AT THE PREFECTURE AT ARRAS. (pt. 2)
268FALSE RUMOURS OF MISS BURNEY’S RESIGNATION.
541THE DIARY CONTINUED.
269TYRANNICAL MRS. SCHWELLENBERG.
542THE GENERAL RECEIVES THE VISIT OF A PRIEST.
270MRS. SCHWELLENBERG’S CAPRICIOUSNESS.
543DEATH OF THE QUEEN: SKETCH OF HER CHARACTER.(331)
271CHATTY MR. BRYANT AGAIN.
544ILL-HEALTH OF THE REV. A. D'ARBLAY. DR. BURNEY'S MSS.
272DR. JOHNSON’s LETTERS To MRS. THRALE DISCUSSED. Wednesday, Jan.
545MEMOIRS OF DR. BURNEY.
273A PAIR OF PARAGONS.
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