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And in the very last year of his life, while at Malta, in a discussion on ballads in general, "he greatly lamented his friend Mr. Frere's heresy in not esteeming highly enough that of 'Hardyknute. He admitted that it was not a veritable old ballad, but 'just old enough, and a noble imitation of the best style." In fact, it was the composition of a lady, Mrs.

Horace Walpole - Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I