No, Isabella,” said the Princess, “I should not deserve this incomparable parent, if the inmost recesses of my soul harboured a thought without her p… - Horace Walpole

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No, Isabella,” said the Princess, “I should not deserve this incomparable parent, if the inmost recesses of my soul harboured a thought without her permission — nay, I have offended her; I have suffered a passion to enter my heart without her avowal — but here I disclaim it; here I vow to heaven and her —

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About Horace Walpole

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