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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 | 12 |
| Waller, Edmund (1606-1687) | 5 |
| Walsh, William (1663-1708) | 3 |
| Mary, II, Queen of England, 1662-1694 | 2 |
| Waldron, George (1690-1730?) | 2 |
| Waller, William, Sir, D. 1699 | 2 |
| Walpole, Robert | 2 |
| Walpole, Robert Earl of Orford (1676-1745) | 2 |
| Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Duke of, 1682-1761 | 1 |
| Bath, William Pulteney | 1 |
As Bob as a Robin: or, All's well that ends well
1712
Political verse in fable form, probably on Sir Robert Walpole. Catalogued from drop-head title and colophon.
The compleat history of Bob of Lyn : A new ballad. To the tune of Bonny Dundee. Proper to be sung at elections
[1741?]
Satire on Sir Robert Walpole. - cf. M. Percival's Political ballads, 1916. p. 163-165. No. 8 [i.e.4] in Poems - Tom's Coffee House. Anon.
The grand defeat : or, the downfall of the S---d---an party. To the tune of, Chevy Chace: or God prosper long our noble king, &c
1741
"On the defeat of Samuel Sandys's motion for the removal of Walpole, 13 Feb 1741" (Foxon). Bookseller's name from colophon. Heading title: The grand defeat of the S------d-----donian party. Firs...
A great man's speech in Downing-Street against the enquiry : To the tune of Packington's pound
1743
Refers to the failure of the Committee of Secrecy, appointed in 1742 to enquire into Walpole's administration during the past ten years, to carry any charge of corruption against him. Verse. Anon....
The mock-marriage : or, a lady and no lady, a new ballad. Inscrib'd to a certain peer, and an Hibernian young lady; who were lately marry'd in jest, but bedded in earnest. To the tune of, Which no-body can deny
1733
A certain peer = Thomas, Baron Onslow?. The identification of the characters as Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford, and his mistress, later wife, Maria Skerret, is made improbable by the fact that W...
A new ballad, to the tune of the Abbot of Canterbury
[1735]
On the petition presented to the House of Lords 13 Feb. 1735 about the election of Scottish peers. References to "Rob Roy" and "Robin" [i.e. Robert Walpole] and to "Archie", [i.e. Archibald Campbell...
Seasonable admonitions. A satire : Most humbly address'd to the Right Honourable ****** *******
Walpole, Robert Earl of Orford (1676-1745)
1740
****** ******* = Robert Walpole. Anon.
The secret history of an old shoe : Inscribed to the most wondrous-wonderful of all wonderful men and lovers
1734
Satire, in prose & verse, on Walpole & his mistress, later wife, Maria Skerret.
R--b--n's progress; in eight scenes; from his first coming up from Oxford to London, to his present situation. With Mr. Frank Lyn's remark
1733
A satire on Sir Robert Walpole. Verse. The folding engraved frontispiece illustrates the eight scenes. Anon.
Sir Robert Brass : or, the intriegues, serious and amorous, of the Knight of the Blazing Star
1731
Verse. A satire on Sir Robert Walpole. A reissue of 'Sir Robert Brass: or, the knight of the blazing star' London: printed for A. Moore, 1731 (Foxon). Page of advertisements at end. Anon.
The statesman's mirrour : or, friendly advice to a certain great minister to retire from court. A poem
Walpole, Robert Earl of Orford (1676-1745)
1741
Great minister = Sir Robert Walpole?. With a half-title. Anon.
An epistle from a merchant's clerk to his master, on his being discharg'd the compting-house, &c
[1727?]
A satire on Robert Walpole addressed to the King. The frontispiece has a verse couplet, and its leaf is included in the pagination. Anon.