#that's if he hasn't just decided to leave everything gracefully unmentioned
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Lord John Hervey to Stephen Fox, in Lord Hervey and his Friends, 1726-1738, ed. The Earl of Ilchester
#quotation#quote#Lord Hervey#Stephen Fox#Mrs Strangways-Horner#huff#angry#sorrow#anger#value#esteem#fear#Mrs Horner is the mother of Stephen's 13 year old child-bride#Lord Hervey has had a fling with an Italian gentleman called Francis Algarotti I assume to console himself#although this is an intensely frustrating book in many ways I'm clearly going to have to get the same author's 2 vol 1920 bio of Harry Fox#unfortunately I'm just too curious#there will be SO much reading between the lines to do#that's if he hasn't just decided to leave everything gracefully unmentioned#damn editors
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