I can't imagine why it is she makes herself so odious.

All the Americans I ever knew I have liked particularly.

It is, of course, annoying that they have so much money--but Warton says it isn't their fault--it's Protection, or something of the kind.

But Mrs.Barnes seems really to wish to trample on us.

She told Warton the other day that his tapestries--you know, those we're so proud of--that they were bad Flemish copies of something or other--a set belonging to a horrid friend of hers, I think.