House of Peers
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When the doors swung open, he ceremoniously summoned the members to attend upon Her Majesty in the House of Peers.
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A heavy brocade curtain will rise before a balcony in the dignified House of Peers.
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On "ladies day" last week the visitors' gallery of the House of Peers was filled with some of the Empire's fairest women, including 45 students of the Tokyo brides' school.
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A moment later General Sir Brian Horrocks, Black Rod himself, knocked three times on their lobby door and, bowing, commanded "this honorable House to wait upon Her Majesty immediately in the House of Peers."
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It is noteworthy that during this period the right of the House of Peers to force a ministry to resign by a hostile vote was not recognized.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
