Margaret Fuller’s Reading Worlds

Author

Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford(1717–1797)

Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford is documented in Fuller’s books, published essays, and manuscripts (1846–1847). 2 distinct works are named, most often in Mostly Extracts, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “excerpted”.

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1846–1847
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Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →

In Fuller’s words

“There is no stronger characteristic of human nature than its being open to the grossest contradictions: one of Lord Herbert's arguments against revealed religion is the improbability that Heaven should reveal its will to only a portion of the earth which he terms particular religion. How could a man who doubted of partial believe in incidental revelation?”
Preface to The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury · Mostly Extracts

When Fuller engaged with Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford

I. Childhood
II. Adolescence
III. Self-Directed
IV. Transcendentalist
V. New York
VI. Europe2records
✦. Memoirs (1852)
1810
1820
1832
1836
1844
1846
1850

This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.

Walpole in Fuller’s reading world

Documentary evidence

Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.

1846—

Papers on Literature and Art

p23
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“Lord Orford observes, with his natural sneer, "How could a man who doubted of partial, believe individual revelation?”

Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.

Inferred Fuller attributes the remark to 'Lord Orford' (= Horace Walpole) without citing a specific work; likely from his editorial commentary in the first publication of Herbert's Life (Strawberry Hill, 1764) Inferred.

The exact remark 'How could a man who doubted of partial, believe individual revelation?' is attributed to Walpole; this was likely in his preface or editorial notes to the 1764 publication.

1847—

Things and Thoughts in Europe . . . VIII.

“Things and Thoughts in Europe . . . VIII.”
mentioned
“Miss Berry, the friend of Horace Walpole, and for her charms of manner and conversation long and still a reigning power.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Things and Thoughts in Europe . . . VIII." New-York Daily Tribune, 2 February 1847. · 2 February 1847

Undated

Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.

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Mostly Extracts

pp24–25
excerpted · analyzed · quoted · readManuscript page
“There is no stronger characteristic of human nature than its being open to the grossest contradictions: one of Lord Herbert's arguments against revealed religion is the improbability that Heaven should reveal its will to only a portion of the earth which he terms particular religion.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Mostly Extracts." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086 (89); Box 5 (89).

Inferred Fuller names 'Lord Orford' without specifying a title. The quoted passage ('There is no stronger characteristic of human nature...') is from Walpole's preface to the 1764 edition of the Life of Lord Herbert, which he edited. Fuller heads this section 'Lord Orford says of his' (i.e., of Herbert's work).