#even less thanks to the editor for bowdlerising “indelicate expressions”!
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John, Lord Hervey, Memoirs of the Reign of George the Second from His Accession to the Death of Queen Caroline
#quote#quotation#introduction#throat-clearing#delicacy#duty#great! I am hoping for the worst!#with no thanks to whichever descendant censored “several sheets here and there” and spared us “some scandal”#even less thanks to the editor for bowdlerising “indelicate expressions”!#come ON#bloody Victorians#Lord Hervey#Memoirs of the Reign of George the Second from His Accession to the Death of Queen Caroline
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