Let us also notice the two pieces of Portland stone designed by Inigo Jones, on the south, and the lawn or meadow in front of the house, concerning which exists the tradition that Ireton and Cromwell conferred there to be out of the reach of eavesdroppers. Our Holland House visit has indeed been a long one, yet we might have remained twice the time, and yet have far from exhausted its treasures. Still, our ramble has worn out the day, evening is closing in, darkness is coming on, and Holland House boasts of two ghosts. One, indeed-that of the First Lord -confines himself to the Gilt Room, and need give us no anxiety, but there is another-and an outdoor one-who was seen by his daughter Lady Diana Rich in broad daylight. She met her double, habit and everything as in a looking glass. Her sister also saw "the like of herself before she died." Lest, then, so hideous a spectacle should appal our eyes, let us hasten down the avenue of elms, happy if we conclude our moonlight ramble as gunfire sounds from the House, the clock striking eleven. The origin of this gunfire seems uncertain; some say it comes from Spain, others that it is to show that the servants are properly armed against thieves. But, whatever may be its origin, it warns us to pass through the large iron gates ornamented with the hand and coronet, and, in Lord Carlisle's words, to bid adieu to The pile to Addison so dear, Where Sully feasted, and where Rogers' song or we may then heartily re-echo the wish which Hookham Frere cut on the window of a room in 'May neither fire destroy, nor waste impair, Nor time consume thee, till the twentieth Heir. May Taste respect thee, and may Fashion spare." on which Rogers remarked, "I wonder where he got the diamond?" INDEX. Abbotts, Church of St. Mary, origin of the name Ahlen, King George the First imprisons his wife at PAGE 160 219-224 168 ... 168, 221 74 ... 194 4 Albion, king of the mortals in the time of Kenna Allen, John, the author, a visitor at Holland House 256-257 ... 44-47 Assassination Plot of 1696, account of Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, his connection. Avanley, Lord, anecdote of his retort to Lady Holland ... Bellenden, Madge, the court beauty Best, Mr., his duel with Lord Camelford PAGE 57 ... 45 119 Blackmore, Sir Richard, Poet and Physician, a Blessington, Countess of, sketch of her life ... ... ... Bowack, the antiquarian, his account of Kensington in the seventeenth century ... Boyle, Richard, resides at Camden House Brownlow, Lady, her description of Caroline of Browning, Mrs., verses on the accession of Queen 153 22 189 103 271 Buckhurst, Lord, his game of play with William Bunbury, Sir Charles, M.P., marries Lady Sarah Burke, his description of the No. 45 of the North Burlington, Countess of, resides at Campden House Gloucester ... Byron, his poem, "The Waltz,” quoted Camp, formed in Hyde Park in time of George the First... ... ... Campes, Little John of, Earl of Oxford ... Canterbury, Archbishop of, announces the death of ... Caroline, wife of George the Second, sketch of ... ... 76-77 20 IIO 83-86 ... 86-96 ΙΟΙ ... 101-106 106 Carlisle, Lord, verses by, on Holland House Carteret, Lord, his remark on Henry Fox's mar- Chardine, Sir John, the oriental traveller, a resi- 234 216 ... ... 148 his epitaph on Queen Caroline} Clarendon, Lord, his remarks on Henry Rich, Claypole, Mrs., confidante to Queen Caroline ... 210, 213 88 146 158 169 |