The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, Volume 7R. Bentley, 1858 |
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... thing half so beautiful as this country : it is impossible to conceive anything so delightful . Lady Holland ( in spite of her politics ) would , I am sure , feel for it , if she could see the ruin and desolation we have introduced into ...
... thing half so beautiful as this country : it is impossible to conceive anything so delightful . Lady Holland ( in spite of her politics ) would , I am sure , feel for it , if she could see the ruin and desolation we have introduced into ...
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... thing she said of a person's partiality for one of her nephews , but I assure you that is not the case ; for if I was dans le cas to dislike it , I should not believe it a bit the more from her saying it , especially as I know she said ...
... thing she said of a person's partiality for one of her nephews , but I assure you that is not the case ; for if I was dans le cas to dislike it , I should not believe it a bit the more from her saying it , especially as I know she said ...
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... thing I was declaring I would avoid : I must therefore endeavour to change the subject . I am astonished at the news of La Fayette : I dare say he will be much admired for his project in France , whatever Lord Clermont may say . We are ...
... thing I was declaring I would avoid : I must therefore endeavour to change the subject . I am astonished at the news of La Fayette : I dare say he will be much admired for his project in France , whatever Lord Clermont may say . We are ...
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... things at such a distance . Of what there is no doubt is , the check Burgoyne has received , and the distress of his army , that the last accounts left in danger of being starved . There have been accounts of his recovering the blow ...
... things at such a distance . Of what there is no doubt is , the check Burgoyne has received , and the distress of his army , that the last accounts left in danger of being starved . There have been accounts of his recovering the blow ...
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... things , you are authorised to figure the provincial army in the Jerseys as still consisting of 11,000 men ; and there are a few reasons to think that it may now be as large as the Congress or the provinces , no longer checked , may ...
... things , you are authorised to figure the provincial army in the Jerseys as still consisting of 11,000 men ; and there are a few reasons to think that it may now be as large as the Congress or the provinces , no longer checked , may ...
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