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Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.

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Horace Walpole
Age: 79 †
Born: 1717
Born: September 24
Died: 1797
Died: March 2
Autobiographer
Novelist
Politician
Writer
London
England
Sir Horace Walpole
Horatio Walpole
1st Baron Walpole
Horace Walpole
Earl of Orford
Onuphrio Muralto
Horatio Walpole
4th Earl of Orford
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Ambition
Feet
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Monarchs
Necks
Foot
Naked

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