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Laurence Urdang Associates William Gould. W. Walpole , Horace ( 1717-97 ) , 4th Earl of Orford ; novelist , connoisseur , and letter- writer . Horace Walpole was born on 24 September 1717 in London , the fourth son of Robert Walpole ...
Laurence Urdang Associates William Gould. W. Walpole , Horace ( 1717-97 ) , 4th Earl of Orford ; novelist , connoisseur , and letter- writer . Horace Walpole was born on 24 September 1717 in London , the fourth son of Robert Walpole ...
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... Walpole decided to storm Parisian high society , the brilliant Madame du Deffand , then nearly seventy and blind , developed an extraordinary infatuation for him . She wrote to him frequently until her death in 1780 and left him all her ...
... Walpole decided to storm Parisian high society , the brilliant Madame du Deffand , then nearly seventy and blind , developed an extraordinary infatuation for him . She wrote to him frequently until her death in 1780 and left him all her ...
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... Walpole also enjoyed the full confidence of George I. The death of George I in 1727 was a setback in Walpole's career . Because of the animosity that had existed between the King and his son , it was not thought likely that Walpole ...
... Walpole also enjoyed the full confidence of George I. The death of George I in 1727 was a setback in Walpole's career . Because of the animosity that had existed between the King and his son , it was not thought likely that Walpole ...
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