Fugitive Pieces in Verse and Prose

Horace Walpole

Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758 - English literature - 219 pages

Contents

• Infcription for a column at Florence: 5
• Epitaph on Lady Walpole: 44
• Of their Origin and Antiquity: 67
• The World Nº 10 On the change of Style: 94
• On Letterwriting: 105
• On the goodbreeding of 127 Highwaymen: 138
• On Suicide: 150
• The World extraordinary: 160
• The World Scheme for encouragement: 169
• Continuation of the fame: 179
• Letter from Xo Ho to Lien Chi: 191
• Inquiry into the age of the Countess of Desmond: 202
• Inſcription on a picture of the late Pope: 217

Bibliographic information

• Title: Fugitive Pieces in Verse and Prose
• Author: Horace Walpole
• Publisher: Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758
• Original from: Oxford University
• Digitized: Jun 13, 2008
• Length: 219 pages