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It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her I s, to save ink.
Horace Walpole
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Horace Walpole
Age: 79 †
Born: 1717
Born: September 24
Died: 1797
Died: March 2
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Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.
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An ancient prophecy ... pronounced, That the castle and lordship of Otranto should pass from the present family, whenever the real owner should be grown too large to inhabit it!
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Exercise is the worst thing in the world and as bad an invention as gunpowder.
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Our [British] summers are often, though beautiful for verdure, so cold, that they are rather cold winters.
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