Letters Between the Duke of Grafton, the Earls of Halifax, Egrémont, Chatham, Temple, and Talbot, Baron Bottetourt, Right Hon. Henry Bilson Legge, Right Hon. Sir John Cust, Bart., Mr. Charles Churchill, Monsieur Voltaire, the Abbé Winckelman, &c., &c., and John Wilkes Esq: With Explanatory Notes .... Vol.I1769 - 335 páginas |
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Página 30 - His lordship paid me the highest encomiums on my courage, and said he would declare everywhere that I was the noblest fellow God had ever made. He then desired that we might now be good friends, and retire to the inn to drink a bottle of claret together; which we did with great good humour, and much laughter.