Walpole

Famous quotes containing the word walpole:

“Manfred, prince of Otranto, had one son and one daughter: the latter, a most beautiful virgin, aged eighteen, was called Matilda.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

“How much on outward show does all depend,
If virtues from within no lustre lend!
Strip off th’externals M and Y, the rest
Proves Majesty itself is but a Jest.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

“Our [British] summers are often, though beautiful for verdure, so cold, that they are rather cold winters.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)