Horace walpole

“They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it.” —1 Peter 3:11 The French and Indian War Ends, February 10, 1763 t was a war that started in America when “a volley fired by a

Rosalba Carrierа During the 18th century

Pisanio and Imogen. Engraving

The treasures of Horace Walpole come home to Strawberry Hill https://goo.gl/W1UZNY #art #news

What does serendipity mean, and can you plan it? This may sound like an oxymoron, but Thor Muller, believes in planned serendipity.

The Castle of Otranto, Horace Walpole, 1764

Amazon.com: The Castle of Otranto (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels): 9780486434124: Horace Walpole: Books

Horace Walpole quote

A quote from Horace Walpole about his 1764 novel. Castle of Otranto is considered to be the first Gothic novel. ( See https://books.google.com/books?id=KN8NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA16&dq=Walpoliana+hous+of+composition&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwisxei13obWAhUExYMKHfjZC_cQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Walpoliana%20hous%20of%20composition&f=false)

Philosophy Quotes | “The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.” — Horace Walpole • For more: @philosophors ✱ ﹋ #HoraceWalpole | Instagram

For centuries, the subgenre of gothic horror has been spooking readers who love bleak, inescapable landscapes and the forces of evil at work. Check out our list of 15 gothic horror favorites...

Horror. For some, like myself, horror is blood, death, dismemberment, and downright grotesque visuals that many individuals can sit back and enjoy every once in a blue moon while actually eating p…

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel. Horace Walpole

We take a closer look at the early Hogarth portrait of a young Horace Walpole, recently acquired and displayed at his Gothic villa, Strawberry Hill House A good twenty years before he bought his house in leafy Twickenham and began...

Gothic fiction merges deep passions with chill dread. Here are fourteen recommendations to get you going with gothic fiction.

Philosophy Quotes on Instagram: “"The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think." ~ Horace Walpole, 1717-1797 ~”

“The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel.” — Horace Walpole, Letter to the Countess of Upper Ossory (1777-01-19)

A planned exhibition at Strawberry Hill House to bring back important masterpieces will include a 1st Century Roman Imperial Eagle, on loan from Gosford House in Scotland after the Strawberry Hill Trust received a £5,000 grant from the Counc...

Sir Alexander Fleming is the famous scientist credited with discovering penicillin. While many microbiologists before Fleming believed certain infections could be treated with microorganisms, no one was able to move the idea along until Fleming. There were a couple of starts and stops with Fleming's discovery of penicillin, but it finally was mass produced in 1941. Fleming's discovery saved thousands of lives during World War II. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded…