The letters of Horace Walpole [ed. by J. Wright]., Volume 4 |
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... his coat , and then received a wound fourteen inches deep into his body . He was carried to his house in Berkeley- street , made his will with the greatest composure , and dictated a paper , which , they say , allows it was a fair duel ...
... his coat , and then received a wound fourteen inches deep into his body . He was carried to his house in Berkeley- street , made his will with the greatest composure , and dictated a paper , which , they say , allows it was a fair duel ...
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