House of Peers

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Since 1903 he has been President of the House of Peers, but that is relatively unimportant.

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There, from his gold-and-maroon throne in the House of Peers, he addressed a joint session of the legislature.

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He then entertained the House of Peers by reading what he said was a confession made by one of the killers, "a young naval officer."

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Older heads, especially in the House of Peers, may shake, do shake.

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Some of his sermons, which Evelyn found dull, were printed, including Character of the Last Daies, preached before the king, 1675, and a Sermon preached before the House of Peers Dec. 22, 1680.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various