House of Peers
Example Sentences
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Older heads, especially in the House of Peers, may shake, do shake.
From Time Magazine Archive
There, from his gold-and-maroon throne in the House of Peers, he addressed a joint session of the legislature.
From Time Magazine Archive
A heavy brocade curtain will rise before a balcony in the dignified House of Peers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Newly appointed to Japan's House of Peers, he is among those whose seating General MacArthur has ordered delayed, pending determination of their status as "desirable personnel."
From Time Magazine Archive
The fame of Lord Lyndhurst is ephemeral, confined to the Court of Chancery and the House of Peers; dozens have shared it in each, and have gone to dinner and oblivion.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
