By Madame D'Arblay (Frances Burney) With Notes by W. C. Ward In
SECTION 10. (1787) COURT DUTIES AT ST. JAMES'S AND WINDSOR.
THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY DRAWING ROOM.
A SERIOUS DILEMMA.
COUNSELS OF A COURT OFFICIAL.
MR. TURBULENT's ANXIETY TO INTRODUCE MR. WELLBRED.
COLONEL WELLBRED IS RECEIVED AT TEA.
ECCENTRIC MR. BRYANT.
MR TURBULENT IN A NEW CHARACTER.
BANTERING A PRINCESS.
MR. TURBULENT MEETS WITH A REBUFF.
A SURPRISE AT THE PLAY.
THE KING'S BIRTHDAY.
THE EQUERRIES: COLONEL MANNERS.
COLONEL MANNERS' MUSICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
MRS. SCHWELLENBERG'S "LUMP OF LEATHER."
MRS. SCHWELLENBERG's FROGS.
SECTION 11. (1787-8.) COURT DUTIES: SOME VARIATIONS IN THEIR ROUTINE.
MEETING OF THE TWO PRINCES.
BUNBURY, THE CARICATURIST.
MRS. SIDDONS PROVES DISAPPOINTING ON NEAR ACQUAINTANCE.
MR. FAIRLY'S BEREAVEMENT.
TROUBLESOME MR. TURBULENT.
A CONCEITED PARSON.
MR. TURBULENT BECOMES A NUISANCE.
DR. HERSCHEL AND HIS SISTER.
GAY AND ENTERTAINING MR. BUNBURY.
THE PRINCE OF WALES AT WINDSOR AGAIN.
FALSE RUMOURS OF MISS BURNEY'S RESIGNATION.
TYRANNICAL MRS. SCHWELLENBERG.
MRS. SCHWELLENBERG'S CAPRICIOUSNESS.
CHATTY MR. BRYANT AGAIN.
DR. JOHNSON's LETTERS To MRS. THRALE DISCUSSED. Wednesday, Jan.
A PAIR OF PARAGONS.
SOME TRIVIAL COURT INCIDENTS.
SECTION 12. (1788.) THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS.
WESTMINSTER HALL AT THE OPENING OF THE HASTINGS TRIAL.
WARREN HASTINGS APPEARS AT THE BAR.
THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH.
THE READING OF THE CHARGES COMMENCED.
AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
WILLIAM WINDHAM ESQ., M.P.
WINDHAM INVEIGHS AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS. Somewhat sarcastic, this but
MISS BURNEY BATTLES FOR THE ACCUSED.
A WEARIED M.P. MR. CRUTCHLEY REAPPEARS.
MR. WINDHAM DISCUSSES THE IMPEACHMENT.
WINDHAM AFFECTS TO COMMISERATE HASTINGS.
MISS BURNEY IS AGAIN PRESENT AT HASTINGS'S TRIAL.
BURKE'.S SPEECH IN SUPPORT OF THE CHARGES. At length the peers'
FURTHER CONVERSATION WITH MR. WINDHAM.
MISS FUZILIER LIKELY TO RECONCILE MRS. FAIRLY.
THE HASTINGS TRIAL AGAIN: MR. FOX IN A RAGE. And now for my third
MRS. CREWE, MR. BURKE, AND MR. WINDHAM.
MISS BURNEY'S UNBIASED SENTIMENTS.
BURKE AND SHERIDAN MEET WITH COLD RECEPTIONS.
AT WINDSOR AGAIN.
DEATH OF MRS. DELANY.
THE HASTINGS TRIAL AND MR. WINDHAM AGAIN. The part of this month in
"THE QUEEN IS SO KIND."
PERSONAL RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN WINDHAM AND HASTINGS.
AGAIN AT WINDSOR.
ANOTHER MEETING WITH MR. CRUTCHLEY.
MR. TURBULENT'S TROUBLESOME PLEASANTRIES.
COLONEL FAIRLY AND SECOND ATTACHMENTS.
SECTION 13 (1788.) ROYAL VISIT TO CHELTENHAM.
THE ROYAL PARTY AND THEIR SUITE.
LOYALTY NOT DAMPED BY THE RAIN.
ARRIVAL AT FAUCONBERG HALL.
THE TEA-TABLE DIFFICULTY.
A TETE-A-TETE WITH COLONEL FAIRLY.
THE KING's GENTLEMEN AND THE QUEEN'S LADIES.
ROYALTY CROWDED AT FAUCONBERG HALL.
AT THE WELLS.
CONVERSATION AND FLIRTATION WITH COLONEL FAIRLY.
MISS BURNEY MEETS AN OLD FRIEND.
COLONEL FAIRLY AGAIN.
A VISIT TO MISS PALMER.
"ORIGINAL LOVE LETTERS."
THE FOUNDER OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS CRITICIZED.
ON THE WALKS.
AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.
COURTS AND COURT LIFE.
THE VINDICTIVE BARETTI.
SPECULATIONS UPON COLONEL FAIRLY'S RE-MARRYING.
COLONEL FAIRLY AGAIN PRESENTS HIMSELF.
THE COLONEL AND THE "ORIGINAL LOVE LETTERS."
THE GOUT AND THE LOVE LETTERS, AGAIN.
A DINNER WITH COLONEL FAIRLY AND MISS PLANTA.
ROYAL CONCERN FOR THE COLONEL's GOUT.
YOUNG REPUBLICANS CONVERTED.
THE PRINCES' ANIMAL SPIRITS.
THE DUKE OF YORK: ROYAL VISIT TO THE THEATRE.
AN UN-COURTLY VISITOR.
MR. FAIRLY READS "AKENSIDE" TO MISS BURNEY.
THE DOCTOR's EMBARRASSMENT.
FROM GRAVE TO GAY.
A VISIT TO WORCESTER.
THE QUEEN AND MR. FAIRLY.
MR. FAIRLY MORALIZES.
MAJOR PRICE IS TIRED OF RETIREMENT.
MR. FAIRLY'S LITTLE NOTE.
THE RETURN TO WINDSOR.
AT WINDSOR AGAIN THE CANON AND MRS. SCHWELLENBERG.
COMPLIMENTS FROM A FAMOUS FOREIGN ASTRONOMER.
THE PRINCE EYES MISS BURNEY CURIOUSLY.
COLONEL MANNERS'S BEATING.
MR. FAIRLY IS DISCUSSED BY HIS BROTHER EQUERRIES.
BARON TRENCK: MR. TURBULENT'S RAILLERY.
AMIABLE MRS. SCHWELLENBERG AGAIN.
A ROYAL JOKE.
COLONEL GOLDSWORTHY'S BREACH OF ETIQUETTE.
ILLNESS OF MRS. SCHWELLENBERG.
GENERAL GRENVILLE'S REGIMENT AT DRILL.
SECTION 14 (1788-9.) THE KING'S ILLNESS.
UNCERTAIN STATE OF THE KING'S HEALTH.
THE KING COMPLAINS OF WANT OF SLEEP.
DISTRESS OF THE QUEEN.
FIRST OUTBURST OF THE KING's DELIRIUM.
AN ANXIOUS NIGHT.
THE KING'S DELIRIOUS CONDITION.
THE KING REFUSES TO SEE DR. WARREN.
THE QUEEN'S ANXIETY TO HEAR DR. WARREN'S OPINION.
THE QUEEN REMOVES TO MORE DISTANT APARTMENTS.
A VISIT FROM MR. FAIRLY.
THE KING'S NIGHT WATCHERS.
MR. FAIRLY SUCCEEDS IN SOOTHING THE KING.
NEW ARRANGEMENTS.
THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA'S BIRTHDAY.
STRANGE BEHAVIOUR OF THE FIRST GENTLEMAN IN EUROPE.
STRINGENT NEW REGULATIONS.
MRS. SCHWELLENBERG IS BACK AGAIN.
PUBLIC PRAYERS FOR THE KING DECIDED UPON.
SIR LUCAS PEPYS ON THE KING'S CONDITION.
FURTHER CHANGES AT THE LODGE.
MR. FAIRLY AND THE LEARNED LADIES.
REPORTS ON THE KING'S CONDITION.
MR. FAIRLY THINKS THE KING NEEDS STRICTER MANAGEMENT.
MR. FAIRLY WANTS A CHANGE.
REMOVAL OF THE KING TO KEW DETERMINED UPON.
A PRIVY COUNCIL HELD.
A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.
THE KING'S ARRIVAL.
THE ARRANGEMENTS AT KEW PALACE.
A REGENCY HINTED AT.
MR. FAIRLY'S KIND OFFICES.
MRS. SCHWELLENBERG'S PARLOUR.
A NEW PHYSICIAN SUMMONED.
MRS. SCHWELLENBERG'S OPINION OF MR. FAIRLY.
THE KING'S VARYING CONDITION.
LEARNING IN WOMEN.
THE QUEEN AND MR. FAIRLY'S VISITS.
MR. FAIRLY ON FANS.
MR. FAIRLY CONTINUES HIS VISITS: THE QUEEN AGAIN REMARKS UPON THEM.
THE SEARCH FOR MR. FAIRLY.
A ROYAL SALUTE AND ROYAL CONFIDENCES.
CURIOSITY REGARDING Miss BURNEY'S MEETING WITH THE KING.
THE REGENCY BILL.
INFINITELY LICENTIOUS!
MISS BURNEY IS TAXED WITH VISITING GENTLEMEN.
IMPROVEMENT IN THE KING'S, HEALTH.
MR. FAIRLY AND MR. WINDHAM.
THE KING CONTINUES TO IMPROVE.
THE KING'S HEALTH IS COMPLETELY RESTORED.
SECTION 15. (1789-) THE KING'S RECOVERY: ROYAL VISIT To WEYMOUTH.
THE KING'S REAPPEARANCE.
AN AIRING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
ILLUMINATIONS ON THE KING's RECOVERY.
TO THE KING.
MR FAIRLY ON MISS BURNEY'S DUTIES.
A VISIT FROM MISS FUZILIER.
A COMMAND FROM HER MAJESTY.
COLONEL MANNERS MYSTIFIES MRS. SCHWELLENBERG.
THE SAILOR PRINCE.
LOYAL RECEPTION OF THE KING IN THE NEW FOREST.
WELCOME TO WEYMOUTH.
THE ROYAL PLUNGE WITH MUSICAL HONOURS. "YOU MUST KNEEL, SIR!"
ROYAL DOINGS IN AND ABOUT WEYMOUTH.
A PATIENT AUDIENCE.
A FATIGUING BUT PLEASANT DAY.
LULWORTH CASTLE.
THE ROYAL PARTY AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS.
A JOURNEY To EXETER AND SALTRAM.
MAY "ONE" COME IN?
AN EXCURSION To PLYMOUTH DOCKYARD.
A VISIT TO A SEVENTY-FOUR.
A DAY AT MOUNT-EDGECUMBE.
MR. FAIRLY ON A COURT LIFE.
A BRIEF SOJOURN AT LONGLEAT.
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