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 Ascot Racecourse twenty days later he started a 16/1 outsider in an eleven-runner field. Appearing to relish the "searing pace" he took second place in the straight and steadily reeled in the leader Rakti but was still half a length behind at the finish. On his last racecourse appearance Lucky Story disappointed in the Champion Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse on 16 October, coming home ninth of the ten finishers behind Haafhd. In the 2004 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings Lucky Story was given a rating of 122, making him the fifteenth best racehorse in the world. He was rated the second-best