The letters of Horace Walpole [ed. by J. Wright]. |
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... once have had it , but by some misunderstanding the old Cowslade re- fused it . Mr. Chute has twenty more corroborating circum- stances , but this one is sufficient . Fred . Montagu told me of the pedigree . I shall take care of all ...
... once have had it , but by some misunderstanding the old Cowslade re- fused it . Mr. Chute has twenty more corroborating circum- stances , but this one is sufficient . Fred . Montagu told me of the pedigree . I shall take care of all ...
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... once a - day for a year . Nay , I took infinite pains , but had so little capacity , and so little attention , ( as I have always had to anything that did not immediately strike my inclinations , ) that after mastering any proposition ...
... once a - day for a year . Nay , I took infinite pains , but had so little capacity , and so little attention , ( as I have always had to anything that did not immediately strike my inclinations , ) that after mastering any proposition ...
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... be my wife , and who sent Mr. Raftor to know why I did not marry her . I replied , " Be- cause I was not sure that the two husbands , that she had at once , were both dead . " Apropos to my 8 1759 . CORRESPONDENCE OF.
... be my wife , and who sent Mr. Raftor to know why I did not marry her . I replied , " Be- cause I was not sure that the two husbands , that she had at once , were both dead . " Apropos to my 8 1759 . CORRESPONDENCE OF.
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Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) John Wright. once , were both dead . " Apropos to my wedding , Prince Edward asked me at the Opera , t'other night , when I was to marry Lady Mary Coke : I answered , as soon as I got a regiment ...
Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) John Wright. once , were both dead . " Apropos to my wedding , Prince Edward asked me at the Opera , t'other night , when I was to marry Lady Mary Coke : I answered , as soon as I got a regiment ...
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... once begin to freeze , I shall be frozen through in a moment . I am amazed , with such weather , such ravages , and distress , that there is any- thing left in Germany , but money ; for thither half the trea- sure of Europe goes ...
... once begin to freeze , I shall be frozen through in a moment . I am amazed , with such weather , such ravages , and distress , that there is any- thing left in Germany , but money ; for thither half the trea- sure of Europe goes ...
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