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Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745

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  • An appendix to the Narrative of the last illness of the Right Honourable Earl of Orford : occasioned by the letter from a physician in town to another at Bath / by John Ranby.
  • A narrative of the last illness of the ... Earl of Orford: from May 1744, to the day of his decease, March the eighteenth following. With an appendix: occasioned by the Letter from a physician in town to another at Bath / [John Ranby].
  • Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, with a whip in one hand and a letter in the other, mounted on an ass with a human head. Etching with engraving, 1745.
  • A pack-horse carrying bribes is sent by Robert Walpole from Westminster to Edinburgh. Etching by Charles Mosley, 1740.
  • Politicians from the Opposition proceed down Whitehall to remove Sir Robert Walpole from office. Etching by F. W. Fairholt, 1848.
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    Ode, in imitation of Horace. Ode I. Ad Maecenatem. Addressed to his Grace, John Duke of Monagu... To which is subjoined the original ode of Horace / illustrated by a new interpretation, by Sir William Browne.

    Browne, William, 1692-1774. | Date: 1763
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    Sir W-l-r- Ra-l-gh's ghost, which appear'd to Sir R--t [i.e. Robert Walpole] ... with his reprimand for laying new imposts on tobacco, which he first introduc'd into England / [Sir Walter Raleigh].

    Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618 | Date: [1733?]
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    A letter to the Craftsmen : upon the change of affairs in Europe by the war that is begun against the Emperour.

    A. B. | Date: 1734
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    A letter from a Member of Parliament [i.e. R. Walpole] to his friends in the country, concerning the duties on wine and tobacco / [Anon].

    Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745. | Date: 1733
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    The thoughts of a member of the lower House [i.e. John Trenchard] in relation to a project for restraining and limiting the power of the crown in the future creation of peers.

    Trenchard, John, 1662-1723. | Date: 1719
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