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Definition of Sir Robert Walpole

1. Noun. Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745).

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Literary usage of Sir Robert Walpole

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"ATTACK ON Sir Robert Walpole (Delivered in the House of Commons on a Motion for the Repeal of the Septennial Act, March I3th, 1734) WE HAVE been told, sir, ..."

2. The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"Sir Robert Walpole created earl of Orford—§ XX. Change in the ministry—§ XXI. Inquiry into the administration of sir Robert Walpole—§ XXII. ..."

3. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"ATTACK ON Sir Robert Walpole (Delivered in the House of Commons on a Motion for the Repeal of the Septennial Act, March I3th. 1734) WE HAVE been told, sir, ..."

4. Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III by Henry Brougham Brougham and Vaux (1856)
"I. Sir Robert Walpole.* THE antagonist whom Lord Chatham first encountered on his entering into public life was the veteran Walpole, who instinctively ..."

5. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift by Jonathan Swift (1905)
"Sir Robert Walpole.1 SIR, A PAMPHLET was lately sent me, entitled, "A Letter -i*- from the Right Honourable Sir RW to the Right Honourable WP Esq; ..."

6. The History of Modern Europe: And a View of the Progress of Society from the by William Russell (1837)
"... who, after having hunted down sir Robert Walpole as an enemy to the constitution and a betrayer of the interests of his country, had themselves pursued ..."

7. The Gentleman's Magazine (1815)
"THE anecdote of Swift's dining with Sir Robert Walpole, ex-' traded in your last volume, p. 570, and concerning which " A Friend to Accuracy" inquires in p. ..."

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