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Amongst other pictures which I remember in our old home was the famous 'Rainbow Rubens,' now in the Wallace Collection, as well as a fine portrait of Cardinal Fleury and another of Pope—both presents from the Cardinal and the poet to Lord Walpole.

— Lady Dorothy Nevill Reminiscences (1906)

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During my childhood at Islington the vicar of Puddletown was of the fox-hunting sort, quite different to the modern conception of a clergyman. He was popular enough with his parishioners, though I suspect he never saw half of them till they came up to be buried.

Under Five Reigns (1910)

My learned and accomplished friend, Dr. Jessopp, has written a most interesting history, entitled One Generation of a Norfolk House. It is more or less the history of the Walpole family in early times.

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