Horace Walpole/last Years - 1788-1797

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    “[Corneille] was inspired by Roman authors and Roman spirit, Racine with delicacy by the polished court of Louis XIV.”
    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

    “I am Roman, alas, because Horace is Roman.”
    —Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

    “Ponder, your comedies are woeful chaff:
    Write tragedies, when you would make us laugh.”
    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

    “Miss Knag still aimed at youth, although she had shot beyond it, years ago.”
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)