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The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Horace Walpole
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given below are all published as Letters of Junius by Mr.
Woodfall, and are of dates later than the time when Walpole wrote
his Memoires; but half a century earlier than the time when they
were printed.

Note by the transcriber: there follows a table, in which letters
of Junius are presented for comparisons side by side with
writings
of Walpole. I have changed the format to present them in
sequence. Return to text.

Junius:
I own, my lord, that yours is not an uncommon character. Women,
and men like women, are timid, vindictive, and irresolute.
Woodfall's Junius, vol. ii, p. 168.

Walpole:
As it is observed that timorous natures like those of women are
generally cruel, Lord mansfield might easily slide into rigour,
etc.-Walpole's Memoires, vol. ii. p. 175.

Junius:
Without openly supporting the person, you (Lord Mansfield) have
done essential service to the cause; and consoled yourself for
the loss of a favourite family by reviving and establishing the
maxims of their government.-vol. ii, p. 182.

Walpole:
The occasions of the times had called him (Lord Mansfield) off
from principles that favoured an arbitrary king-he still leaned
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