Bulwer-Lytton

[ boo l-wer-lit-n ]

/ ˈbʊl wərˈlɪt n /

noun

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Example sentences from the Web for bulwer-lytton

Bulwer-Lytton was a ceaseless smoker; and there are few if any notable Germans who have not been addicted to the same indulgence.
Genius in Sunshine and Shadow|Maturin Murray Ballou
Bulwer-Lytton looked at the matter in quite a different light.
Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches|Justin McCarthy
Bulwer-Lytton's reply was a most cordial invitation to stay with him at Knebworth and talk the matter over.
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters|Edmund William Gosse
Bulwer-Lytton, in his life of Schiller, declares that when he wrote at night he drank hock wine.
Genius in Sunshine and Shadow|Maturin Murray Ballou

"As a rule, the author who is not in genius far above his productions must be a second-rate one at best," says Bulwer-Lytton.
Genius in Sunshine and Shadow|Maturin Murray Ballou

British Dictionary definitions for bulwer-lytton

Bulwer-Lytton

/ (ˈbʊlwəˈlɪtən) /

noun

See Lytton

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