A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then,… - Achille Vicart

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A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not misbecome a monarch.

Achille Vicart

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Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), more commonly known as Horace Walpole, was a British politician and writer, noted for his collected letters and for having written the first Gothic horror novel, The Castle of Otranto (1764).

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Native Name: Horace Walpole

Alternative Names: Sir Horace Walpole • Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole • Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford • Onuphrio Muralto • Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford • Horatio Walpole

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A tragedy can never suffer by delay: a comedy may, because the allusions or the manners represented in it maybe temporary.

The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

and then the figure, turning slowly round, discovered to Frederic the fleshless jaws and empty sockets of a skeleton, wrapt in a hermit’s cowl. “Angels of peace protect me!” cried Frederic, recoiling. “Deserve their protection!” said the spectre.

A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not misbecome a monarch. - Achille Vicart

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