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Robert Walpole
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

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To Henry Fox, Lord Holland, when encountering him in the Library:
You can read. It is a great happiness. I totally neglected it while I was in business, which has been the whole of my life, and to such a degree that I cannot now read a page—a warning to all Ministers.

Robert Walpole
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All these threatening storms, which, like impregnate Clouds, hover o'er our heads, will (when they once are grasp'd but by the eye of reason) melt into fruitful showers of blessings on the people.

George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

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