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Page 92
... Horace Walpole's declining years , used to live , and hold their famous receptions , which were thronged by all the men of learning , wit , and fashion of the day . Horace Walpole is said to have offered one of them his hand and heart ...
... Horace Walpole's declining years , used to live , and hold their famous receptions , which were thronged by all the men of learning , wit , and fashion of the day . Horace Walpole is said to have offered one of them his hand and heart ...
Page 101
... Horace Walpole spent a good deal of time between 1745 and 1779 , at his father's 45 UNIVERSITY OF official residence - Sir Robert Walpole having been created First 30 AIND.
... Horace Walpole spent a good deal of time between 1745 and 1779 , at his father's 45 UNIVERSITY OF official residence - Sir Robert Walpole having been created First 30 AIND.
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... Horace Walpole took a cottage at Straw- berry Hill , which still stands on rising ground about 300 yards from the Thames . In 1747 it was only a cottage standing in small grounds , but during his fifty summers of residence he im- proved ...
... Horace Walpole took a cottage at Straw- berry Hill , which still stands on rising ground about 300 yards from the Thames . In 1747 it was only a cottage standing in small grounds , but during his fifty summers of residence he im- proved ...
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