Horace Walpole

Horace Walpole coined the English word serendipty.

Jewel of the Indian Ocean 2002

The Bristol bourgeoisie, delighted by these relics of local history, accepted them with eager credulity, and it was not until more sophisticated literary judges such as Horace Walpole inspected the Rowley poems that serious doubts about their authenticity were aroused.

The Marvelous Boy Lodge, David 1988

Perhaps no name of modern times is productive of so many pleasant associations as that of "Horace Walpole," and certainly no name was ever more intimately connected with so many different subjects of importance in connexion with Literature, Art, Fashion, and Politics.

Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third, Volume 2 (of 2) From the Original Family Documents Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville Buckingham and Chandos 1829

The Castle of Otranto, by Horace Walpole, describes the supernatural punishment meted out to a usurping Italian feudal prince in a haunted castle packed with what we now consider standard fright stock -- secret doors, gloomy tunnels linking castle and monastery, haunted suits of armor, portraits of ancestors jumping out of their frames.

Nina Burleigh: Remembering Too Well Nina Burleigh 2011

The Castle of Otranto, by Horace Walpole, describes the supernatural punishment meted out to a usurping Italian feudal prince in a haunted castle packed with what we now consider standard fright stock -- secret doors, gloomy tunnels linking castle and monastery, haunted suits of armor, portraits of ancestors jumping out of their frames.

Nina Burleigh: Remembering Too Well Nina Burleigh 2011

Gemma Land has recently been developing a large project inspired by Gothic writer and Art collector Horace Walpole, in conjunction with Strawberry Hill.

Evelyne Politanoff: Gemma Land: "Modern Art on Silk" Evelyne Politanoff 2011

Gemma Land has recently been developing a large project inspired by Gothic writer and Art collector Horace Walpole, in conjunction with Strawberry Hill.

Evelyne Politanoff: Gemma Land: "Modern Art on Silk" Evelyne Politanoff 2011

The Castle of Otranto, by Horace Walpole, describes the supernatural punishment meted out to a usurping Italian feudal prince in a haunted castle packed with what we now consider standard fright stock -- secret doors, gloomy tunnels linking castle and monastery, haunted suits of armor, portraits of ancestors jumping out of their frames.

Nina Burleigh: Remembering Too Well Nina Burleigh 2011

Gemma Land has recently been developing a large project inspired by Gothic writer and Art collector Horace Walpole, in conjunction with Strawberry Hill.

Evelyne Politanoff: Gemma Land: "Modern Art on Silk" Evelyne Politanoff 2011

Gemma Land has recently been developing a large project inspired by Gothic writer and Art collector Horace Walpole, in conjunction with Strawberry Hill.

Evelyne Politanoff: Gemma Land: "Modern Art on Silk" Evelyne Politanoff 2011