Horace Walpole/early Parliamentary Career - 1741%e2%80%931754

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    “Dear Brand: You love laughing; there is a king dead; can you help coming to town?”
    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

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    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

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