Walpole by John Morley ~ Full Audiobook [biography]
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The Importance of Wall Pole
wall pole was one of the most industrious ministers that ever sat in Downing street footnote at this time the house which is now number 10 Downing street was then the only official residence in that famous purlieu. Every letter of his that has been found was wholly written in his own hand and it is believed that the copies in the hardwood collection were taken from originals all in his own writing he even underwent the slavery of transcribing whole letters from other people. He boasted of his successes with a coarseness that would now cause instant expulsion from the mess of any garrison or any circuit in Great Britain. His talk at table was such as today would send all the ladies flying from the room he
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