Horace Walpole turns to the letters and argues that: Walpole's numerous letters are often used as a historical resource. In one, dating from 28 January 1754, he coined the word serendipity which he said was derived from a "silly fairy tale" he had read, "The Three Princes of Serendip". The oft-quoted epigram, "This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel", is from a letter of Walpole's to Anne, Countess of Ossory, on 16 August 1776. The original, fuller version appeared in a letter to Sir Horace Mann on 31 December 1769: "I have often said,
Lucky Story three-year-old trained in Britain, two pounds behind Haafhd and equal to the Epsom Derby winner North Light. Lucky Story was retired to become a breeding stallion at Tweenhills Farm in Gloucestershire. He died in his paddock of a suspected heart attack in 12 May 2010. The stud's director said "We found Lucky Story dead this morning after what would appear sudden death in his sleep. Thankfully there was no sign whatsoever that he had suffered". The best of his offspring was Art Connoisseur who won the Golden Jubilee Stakes in 2009. His other foals included Lucky Kristale (Lowther Stakes), Annecdote