The letters of Horace Walpole [ed. by J. Wright]. |
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... month ago for the Duke's levee , and had engaged Brand to go with me - and then could not bring myself to it . At last , I went to him and Princess Emily yesterday . It was well I had not flattered myself with being still in my bloom ...
... month ago for the Duke's levee , and had engaged Brand to go with me - and then could not bring myself to it . At last , I went to him and Princess Emily yesterday . It was well I had not flattered myself with being still in my bloom ...
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... months , and better than dragging through Holland , Germany , and Switzerland , to the same place . " A copy of Mr. Thomas Pitt's manuscript Diary of his tour to Spain and Portugal is in the possession of Mr. Bentley , the proprietor of ...
... months , and better than dragging through Holland , Germany , and Switzerland , to the same place . " A copy of Mr. Thomas Pitt's manuscript Diary of his tour to Spain and Portugal is in the possession of Mr. Bentley , the proprietor of ...
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... months with young Derings . For clerks and post- masters , I can't help it , and besides , they never tell one they have seen one's letters ; but I beg you will at most tell them my news , but without my name , or my words . Adieu ! If ...
... months with young Derings . For clerks and post- masters , I can't help it , and besides , they never tell one they have seen one's letters ; but I beg you will at most tell them my news , but without my name , or my words . Adieu ! If ...
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... month : I wish you had given me any account of your head - aches that I could show to Ward . He will no more comprehend nervous , than the phy- sicians do who use the word . Send me an exact description ; if he can do you no good , at ...
... month : I wish you had given me any account of your head - aches that I could show to Ward . He will no more comprehend nervous , than the phy- sicians do who use the word . Send me an exact description ; if he can do you no good , at ...
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... shall handle your brother James as roughly as I did Sis- 1 Nephew of Baron Stosch , a well - known virtuoso and antiquary , who died at Florence . son - six months without writing to you ! Sure D 2 1760 . 35 THE HON . HORACE WALPOLE .
... shall handle your brother James as roughly as I did Sis- 1 Nephew of Baron Stosch , a well - known virtuoso and antiquary , who died at Florence . son - six months without writing to you ! Sure D 2 1760 . 35 THE HON . HORACE WALPOLE .
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