Robert Ward or from 1828 Robert Plumer Ward (19 March 1765 – 13 August 1846), was an English barrister, politician, and novelist. George Canning said that that his law books were as pleasant as novels, and his novels as dull as law books.
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“And the member for the constituency
Feeds the five thousand, and has plenty back.”
—William Robert Rodgers (1909–1969)
“Work elevates, idleness degrades.”
—Mrs. H. O. Ward (1824–1899)