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Bulwer

American  
[bool-wer] / ˈbʊl wər /

noun

  1. Sir Henry William Henry Lytton Earle BulwerBaron Dalling and Bulwer, 1801–72, British diplomat and author.


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They were like unto—if not worse than—The Last Days of Pompeii, as described by Bulwer Lytton.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2019

Here’s a man who – agreeing with the 17th-century rhetorician John Bulwer that gesture is “the palm and crown of eloquence” – really speaks with his hands.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2016

"Only for the prosperous," says Hardman in Sir Bulwer Lytton's comedy: but why prosperous, unless because deserving?

From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2013

But it was based on a real-life case, that of millionaire novelist and MP Bulwer Lytton who had his wife Rosina carted off to an asylum when she began to criticise him in public.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2010

Kedge Whiteye laughed at that, and Black Jack Bulwer spat.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin