Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford— also known as Horace Walpole — was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth24 September 1717
music children would-be
Had I children, my utmost endeavors would be to make them musicians.
careless monarch nonsense
A careless song, with a little nonsense in it, now and then, does not misbecome a monarch
comedy tragedy
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
comedy tragedy
The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.
comedy english-author tragedy
The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.
men effort style
I look upon paradoxes as the impotent efforts of men who, not having capacity to draw attention and celebrity from good sense, fly to eccentricities to make themselves noted.
moving passion age
When Shakespeare copied chroniclers verbatim, it was because he knew they were good enough for his audiences. In a more polished age he who could so move our passions, could surely have performed the easier task of satisfying our taste.
beautiful summer winter
Our [British] summers are often, though beautiful for verdure, so cold, that they are rather cold winters.
song littles doe
A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not mis-become a monarch.
new-york discovery boston
The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a Xenophon at New York, and, in time, a Virgil at Mexico, and a Newton at Peru. At last, some curious traveler from Lima will visit England and give a description of the ruins of St Paul s, like the editions of Balbec and Palmyra.
exercise world gunpowder
Exercise is the worst thing in the world and as bad an invention as gunpowder.