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Walpole

[ wawl-pohl, wol- ]

noun

  1. Horace, 4th Earl of Or·ford [awr, -ferd], Horatio Walpole, 1717–97, English novelist and essayist (son of Sir Robert Walpole).
  2. Sir Hugh Seymour, 1884–1941, English novelist, born in New Zealand.
  3. Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Or·ford [awr, -ferd], 1676–1745, British statesman: prime minister 1715–17; 1721–42.
  4. a city in E Massachusetts.


Walpole

/ ˈwɔːlˌpəʊl /

noun

  1. WalpoleHorace, 4th Earl of Orford17171797MBritishWRITING: writer Horace, 4th Earl of Orford. 1717–97, British writer, noted for his letters and for his delight in the Gothic, as seen in his house Strawberry Hill and his novel The Castle of Otranto (1764)
  2. WalpoleSir Hugh (Seymour)18841941MBritishNew ZealandWRITING: novelist Sir Hugh ( Seymour ). 1884–1941, British novelist, born in New Zealand: best known for The Herries Chronicle (1930–33), a sequence of historical novels set in the Lake District
  3. WalpoleSir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford16761745MBritishPOLITICS: statesman Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford. 1676–1745, English Whig statesman. As first lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1721–42) he was effectively Britain's first prime minister


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I even took a genre early-novels class and read Shelley, Walpole, and Poe.

The attorney before Walpole was on the case just six months, and the one before that was hired and fired on the same day.

He was many years the friend of Walpole, finally opposed his measures and was disgraced.

He continued his opposition with so much zeal and spirit, that Walpole was in turn disgraced, and himself rose in his place.

Lady Diana, whose skill as an artist is frequently alluded to by Walpole, died in 1808.

According to Walpole, an injunction was applied for to prevent the publication of the letters.

Walpole speaks of it as "exceedingly applauded," though "Charles Fox says" it "is execrable."

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