The letters of Horace Walpole [ed. by J. Wright]. |
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... talk of a congress at Breda , and some think Lord Temple will go thither : if he does , I shall really believe it will be peace ; and a good one , as it will then be of Mr. Pitt's making . 2 I was much pleased that the watch succeeded ...
... talk of a congress at Breda , and some think Lord Temple will go thither : if he does , I shall really believe it will be peace ; and a good one , as it will then be of Mr. Pitt's making . 2 I was much pleased that the watch succeeded ...
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... talk any more of Princes . My Lucan appears to - morrow ; I must say it is a noble volume . Shall I send it you - or won't you come and fetch it ? There is nothing new of public , but the violent commotions 1 in Ireland , whither the ...
... talk any more of Princes . My Lucan appears to - morrow ; I must say it is a noble volume . Shall I send it you - or won't you come and fetch it ? There is nothing new of public , but the violent commotions 1 in Ireland , whither the ...
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... talk on the occasion ; he went in his wedding - clothes , marking the only remaining impression on his mind . The ceremony he was in a hurry to have over : he was stopped at the gallows by the vast crowd , but got out of his coach as ...
... talk on the occasion ; he went in his wedding - clothes , marking the only remaining impression on his mind . The ceremony he was in a hurry to have over : he was stopped at the gallows by the vast crowd , but got out of his coach as ...
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... talk on religion ; but Lord Ferrers received it impatiently . However , the chaplain per- severed , and said , he wished to bring his lordship to some confession or acknowledgment of contrition for a crime so re- pugnant to the laws of ...
... talk on religion ; but Lord Ferrers received it impatiently . However , the chaplain per- severed , and said , he wished to bring his lordship to some confession or acknowledgment of contrition for a crime so re- pugnant to the laws of ...
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... talk on them . I always thought Lord Bolingbroke in the wrong to publish his notions on religion : I will not fall into the same error . " The chap- lain , seeing sensibly that it was in vain to make any more attempts , contented ...
... talk on them . I always thought Lord Bolingbroke in the wrong to publish his notions on religion : I will not fall into the same error . " The chap- lain , seeing sensibly that it was in vain to make any more attempts , contented ...
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