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6ef7ccf	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.	marriage melancholy	Horace Walpole
c68d196	I can forget injuries, but never benefits.		Horace Walpole
67c200a	But alas! my Lord, what is blood! what is nobility! We are all reptiles, miserable, sinful creatures. It is piety alone that can distinguish us from the dust whence we sprung, and whither we must return.		Horace Walpole
33b04e2	There is no bombast, no similes, flowers, digressions, or unnecessary descriptions. Everything tends directly to the catastrophe.	writing-style	Horace Walpole
899de9e	A bystander often sees more of the game than those that play		Horace Walpole
2c3b9c7	I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one.		Horace Walpole
6bc9e49	The gentle maid, whose hapless tale, these melancholy pages speak; say, gracious lady, shall she fail To draw the tear a down from thy cheek?		Horace Walpole
4436490	The farther I travel, the less I wonder at anything: a few days reconcile one to a new spot, or an unseen custom; and men are so much the same everywhere, that one scare perceives a change in situation.	travel jaded	Horace Walpole
da3ad28	It is natural for a translator to be prejudiced in favour of his adopted work. More impartial readers may not be so much struck with the beauties of this piece as I was. Yet I am not blind to my author's defects.		Horace Walpole
97c1463	Manfred, Prince of Otranto, had one son and one daughter: the latter, a most beautiful virgin, aged eighteen, was called Matilda. Conrad, the son, was three years younger, a homely youth, sickly, and of no promising disposition; yet he was the darling of his father, who never showed any symptoms of affection to Matilda. Manfred had contracted a marriage for his son with the Marquis of Vicenza's daughter, Isabella; and she had already been d..		Horace Walpole
3e098ea	I come," replied he, "to thee, Manfred, usurper of the principality of Otranto, from the renowned and invincible Knight, the Knight of the Gigantic Sabre: in the name of his Lord, Frederic, Marquis of Vicenza, he demands the Lady Isabella, daughter of that Prince, whom thou hast basely and traitorously got into thy power, by bribing her false guardians during his absence; and he requires thee to resign the principality of Otranto, which tho..	giant otranto duel knight heir	Horace Walpole
49e7b53	This life is but a pilgrimage.		Horace Walpole
8004a04	I hold visions to be wisdom, and would deny them only to ambition, which exists only by the destruction of visions of everybody else	wisdom egocentrism vision	Horace Walpole
003141a	This is a bad world; nor have I had cause to leave it with regret.		Horace Walpole
ef378dd	Historic justice is due to all characters. Who would not vindicate Henry the Eighth or Charles the Second, if found to be falsely traduced? Why then not Richard the Third?		Horace Walpole
1d8aa3a	If you love good roads, conveniences, good inns, plenty of postilions and horses, be so kind as to never go into Sussex. We thought ourselves in the northest part of England; the whole country has a Saxon air, and the inhabitants are savage." - To George Montagu, Esq., August 26, 1749"	insult travel sussex	Horace Walpole
8ba961e	All very ancient history, except that of the illuminated Jews, is a perfect fable. It was written by priests, or collected from their reports; and calculated solely to raise lofty ideas of the origin of each nation. Gods and demi-gods were the principal actors; and truth is seldom to be expected where the personages are supernatural. The Greek historians have no advantage over the Peruvian, but in the beauty of their language, or from that ..		Horace Walpole
78dfcc9	My veracity is dearer to me than my life," said the peasant; "nor would I purchase the one by forfeiting the other."		Horace Walpole
9a494ab	My soul abhors a falsehood		Horace Walpole
ba6245a	Harry Vane, Pulteney's toad-eater.		Horace Walpole
d960a0f	Our supreme governors, the mob.		Horace Walpole
d701bb0	The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel.		Horace Walpole
deb833c	It was easier to conquer it [the East] than to know what to do with it.		Horace Walpole
07e81a0	The way to ensure summer in England is to have it framed and glazed in a comfortable room.		Horace Walpole
994e3dd	The whole nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of relishing it.		Horace Walpole
6e4cf97	It is the story of a mountebank and his zany.		Horace Walpole
70d754f	Posterity always degenerates till it becomes our ancestors.		Horace Walpole
bc4b1fa	Have done with this rhapsody of impertinence.		Horace Walpole
b9c7e62	And is anybody unhappy about another, unless they are in love with them?		Horace Walpole
9210a84	Thy purpose is as odious as thy resentment is contemptible.		Horace Walpole

6ef7ccf

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.

marriage melancholy

Horace Walpole

c68d196

I can forget injuries, but never benefits.

Horace Walpole

67c200a

But alas! my Lord, what is blood! what is nobility! We are all reptiles, miserable, sinful creatures. It is piety alone that can distinguish us from the dust whence we sprung, and whither we must return.

Horace Walpole

33b04e2

There is no bombast, no similes, flowers, digressions, or unnecessary descriptions. Everything tends directly to the catastrophe.

writing-style

Horace Walpole

899de9e

A bystander often sees more of the game than those that play

Horace Walpole

2c3b9c7

I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one.

Horace Walpole

6bc9e49

The gentle maid, whose hapless tale, these melancholy pages speak; say, gracious lady, shall she fail To draw the tear a down from thy cheek?

Horace Walpole

4436490

The farther I travel, the less I wonder at anything: a few days reconcile one to a new spot, or an unseen custom; and men are so much the same everywhere, that one scare perceives a change in situation.

travel jaded

Horace Walpole

da3ad28

It is natural for a translator to be prejudiced in favour of his adopted work. More impartial readers may not be so much struck with the beauties of this piece as I was. Yet I am not blind to my author's defects.

Horace Walpole

97c1463

Manfred, Prince of Otranto, had one son and one daughter: the latter, a most beautiful virgin, aged eighteen, was called Matilda. Conrad, the son, was three years younger, a homely youth, sickly, and of no promising disposition; yet he was the darling of his father, who never showed any symptoms of affection to Matilda. Manfred had contracted a marriage for his son with the Marquis of Vicenza's daughter, Isabella; and she had already been d..

Horace Walpole

3e098ea

I come," replied he, "to thee, Manfred, usurper of the principality of Otranto, from the renowned and invincible Knight, the Knight of the Gigantic Sabre: in the name of his Lord, Frederic, Marquis of Vicenza, he demands the Lady Isabella, daughter of that Prince, whom thou hast basely and traitorously got into thy power, by bribing her false guardians during his absence; and he requires thee to resign the principality of Otranto, which tho..

giant otranto duel knight heir

Horace Walpole

49e7b53

This life is but a pilgrimage.

Horace Walpole

8004a04

I hold visions to be wisdom, and would deny them only to ambition, which exists only by the destruction of visions of everybody else

wisdom egocentrism vision

Horace Walpole

003141a

This is a bad world; nor have I had cause to leave it with regret.

Horace Walpole

ef378dd

Historic justice is due to all characters. Who would not vindicate Henry the Eighth or Charles the Second, if found to be falsely traduced? Why then not Richard the Third?

Horace Walpole

1d8aa3a

If you love good roads, conveniences, good inns, plenty of postilions and horses, be so kind as to never go into Sussex. We thought ourselves in the northest part of England; the whole country has a Saxon air, and the inhabitants are savage." - To George Montagu, Esq., August 26, 1749"

insult travel sussex

Horace Walpole

8ba961e

All very ancient history, except that of the illuminated Jews, is a perfect fable. It was written by priests, or collected from their reports; and calculated solely to raise lofty ideas of the origin of each nation. Gods and demi-gods were the principal actors; and truth is seldom to be expected where the personages are supernatural. The Greek historians have no advantage over the Peruvian, but in the beauty of their language, or from that ..