WorkHorace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford

“[Editorial commentary in The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury]”

Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717–1797) · 1764

InferredFuller 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.

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I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist

V. New York

VI. Europe2records

✦. Memoirs (1852)

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Papers on Literature and Art

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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.”

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“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