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Horace Walpole's opinion of, ii. 198.
His partiality to England, 758.
Meditated a history of the conquest of Bengal, 758.
Acquaintance with Frederic the Great, iii. 254.
Ambassador to Prussia, 268.
His characteristics, 283.
Goes to Berlin, 285.
Quarrels with Frederic, 289.
Dismissed with indignities, 291.
Communication with Frederic renewed, 309.
His wit compared to Addison's, 445.

Waldegrave, Lord, made First Lord of the Treasury by George II.;
his attempt to form an administration, ii. 275.

Wales, Frederick, Prince of, joins the opposition to Walpole, ii. 244.
His marriage, 246.
Makes Pitt his groom of the bedchamber, 251.
His death, 257.

Wales, Princess dowager of, her influence on George III., iii. 606.

Waller, Edmund, his conduct in the House of Commons, ii. 329.

Walpole, Sir Horace, review of Lord Dover's edition of his Letters
to Sir Horace Mann, ii. 187-231.
Eccentricity of his character, 188, 189.
His politics, 190-192.
His affectation of philosophy, 192.
His unwillingness to be considered a man of letters, 193.
His love of the French language, 195.
Character of his works. 198-200.
His sketch of Lord Carteret, 225, 226.

Walpole, Sir Robert, cared little for literature, i. 719, 722.
His retaliation on the Tories for their treatment of him, ii. 182.
The "glory of the Whigs," 207.
His character, 207 _et seq._
The charge against him of corrupting the Parliament, 211.
His dominant passion, 212, 214.
His conduct in regard to the Spanish war, 213, 214.
Formidable character of the opposition to him, 215, 243.
Outcry for his impeachment, 217.
His last struggle, 218.
His conduct in reference to the South Sea bubble, 237.
His conduct toward his colleagues, 239-242.
Finds it necessary to resign, 252.
Bill of indemnity for witnesses brought against him, 253.

Walsingham, Earl of (16th century), ii. 93.

War, Art of, Machiavelli's, i. 175.

War, adaptability of a people to, i. 151.
In Greece, 152.
In the Middle Ages, 153.
With mercenary troops, 154.

War of the Spanish Succession, Lord Mahon's, review of, ii. 128-186.
_See_ Spain.

Warburton, Bishop, his views on the ends of government, ii. 605.
His social contract a fiction, 659.
His opinion as to the religion to be taught by government, 664.

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