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The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Horace Walpole
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To mark how much the modes of thinking change, and that
fundamentals themselves can make no impression.-vol. ii. p. 265.

Junius:
He (the duke of Bedfor) would not have betrayed such ignorance or
such contempt of the constitution as openly to avow in a court of
judicature the purchase and sale of a borough.
Note.- In an answer in chancery in a suit against him to recover
a large sum paid him by a person whom he had undertaken to return
to parliament for one of his Grace's boroughs. He was compelled
to repay the money.-vol. i. p. 576.

Walpole:
Corruption prevailed in the House of Commons. Instances had been
brought to our courts of judicature how much it prevailed in our
elections.
Note.-The Duke of Bedford had received 1500 pounds for electing
Jefrery French at one of his boroughs in the west; but he dying
immediately, his heir sued the Duke for the money, who paid it,
rather than let the cause be heard.

Junius:
The Princess Dowager made it her first care to inspire her son
with horror against heresy, and with a respect for the church.
His mother took more pains to form his beliefs than either his
morals or his understanding.-vol. iii. p. 408.

Walpole:
>From the death of the Prince the object of the Princess Dowager
had been the government of her son; and her attention had
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