Walpole by John Morley ~ Full Audiobook [biography]
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The Invasion of the New Kingdom by George I
After Oxford had laid a year in the tower, it was resolved to reduce the charges against him from high trees into misdemeanor. Walpole coarsely said of Schulenberg, afterwards duchess of Kendall, that she was of so venal in nature that she would have sold the king's honour for a shilling advance. The manners of the outlandish invaders were as bad as their morals. One of them once carried his insolence so far that Walpole, though he was in the royal presence, cried out to the offender, Mintiros impudentissime. His worst enemy was Rob Tont, the king's French secretary. Townsend was equally resolute in resisting the import
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