Sir Robert Walpole, Britain’s first prime minister, used navy ships to smuggle his favourite wines from France.

罗伯特•华尔波尔爵士（Sir Robert Walpole），英国第一任首相，曾利用海军战舰从法国偷运他最喜爱的葡萄酒。

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The wines were no longer drunk, or even bought, when young: in 1714 Walpole was buying bottles of the 1706 vintage of the classier wines.

葡萄酒初酿之时，不再马上饮用，甚至也不拿来买卖：1714年华尔波尔就买了多瓶1706年份的上等葡萄酒。

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The word "serendipity" was coined by Horace Walpole in an 1854 letter, from a tale of three princes who "were always making discoveries, by accident, of things they were not in search of".

“Serendipity”这个词，是在1854年由霍勒斯·沃波尔在一封信中创造的，这个词源于一个关于三个王子的故事，他们“总是意外地发现那些他们无意寻找的东西”。

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When Walpole received his copy, he seems to have recognized its merits at once.

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