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He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of… - Achille Vicart
" "He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.
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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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Horace Walpole
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Sir Horace Walpole
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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole
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Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford
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Onuphrio Muralto
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Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
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Horatio Walpole
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William, Duke of Cumberland, gave promises of talents that were never accomplished. One day he had given some offence to his royal mother, and was remanded to the confinement of his chamber. After what the queen thought a sufficient duration of his punishment, she sent for him. He returned in a very sullen humour. "What have you been doing?" said the queen.—"Reading."—"What book?"—"The New Testament."—"Very well. What part?"—"Where it is said, Woman, why troublest thou me?"
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