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" I am amazed at his grace's speech. The noble duke cannot look before him, behind him, or on either side of him, without seeing some noble peer who owes his seat in this house to his successful exertions in the profession to which I belong. Does he not... "
The Companion: After-dinner Table-talk - Page 91
by Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 192 pages
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Historical Memoirs Respecting the English, Irish, and Scottish ..., Volume 3

Charles Butler - Church and state - 1821 - 538 pages
...some noble peer, who owes hit " seat in this house to his successful exertions in the pro" fession to which I belong. Does he not feel that it is as...applicable and as insulting as it is to " myself. — But I don't fear to stand single and alone. No " one venerates the peerage more than I do, — but, my lords,...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1822 - 572 pages
...without seeing some noble peer, who owes his seat in this house to his successful exertions in the profession to which I belong. Does he not feel that...applicable and as insulting as it is to myself. — But I don't fear to stand single and alone. No one venerates the peerage more than I do, — but, my Lords,...
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Reminiscences of Charles Butler, Esq, Volume 1

Charles Butler - Autobiography - 1822 - 706 pages
...without seeing some noble peer, who " owes his seat in this house to his successful " exertions in the profession to which I belong. " Does he not feel that...owe " it to these, as to being the accident of an acci" dent? — To all these noble lords, the language " of the noble duke is as applicable and as...
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Reminiscences of Charles Butler ...

Charles Butler - Law - 1824 - 430 pages
...without seeing some noble peer, " who owes his seat in this house to his successful " exertions in the profession to which I belong. ••" Does he not...applicable and as insulting as it is to " myself. But I don't fear to meet it single and " alone. No one venerates the peerage more than " I do, — but, my...
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Reminiscences of Charles Butler ...

Charles Butler - Law - 1824 - 476 pages
...without seeing some noble peer, " who owes his seat in this house to his successful '" exertions in the profession to which I belong. " Does he not feel that...noble lords, the language of the noble " duke is as applicab]e and as insulting as it is to " myself. But I don't fear to meet it single and " alone. No...
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Reminiscences of Charles Butler ...: With a Letter to a Lady on Ancient and ...

Charles Butler - 1824 - 372 pages
...with" but seeing some noble peer, who owes his seat in this " house to his successful exertions in the profession to " which I belong. Does he not feel that it is as honour" able to owe it to these, as to being the accident of an " accident ? — To all these noble...
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Reminiscences of Charles Butler, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn: With a Letter to a ...

Charles Butler - Authors, English - 1824 - 368 pages
...out seeing some noble peer, who owes his seat in this •' house to his successful exertions in the profession to "which I belong. Does he not feel that it is as honour-. »' able to owe it to these, as to being the accident of an " accident ? — To all these...
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Westminster Hall: Or, Professional Relics and Anecdotes of the Bar ..., Volume 1

Law - 1825 - 318 pages
...seeing some LAWYERS. 43 noble peer who owes his seat in this house to his successful exertions in the profession to which I belong. Does he not feel that...the language of the noble Duke is as applicable and insulting os it is to myself; but I do not fear to meet it single and alone. No one venerates the peerage...
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Westminster Hall: Or, Professional Relics and Anecdotes of the Bar ..., Volume 1

Law - 1825 - 320 pages
...accident of an accident ?—To all these noble Lords the language of the noble Duke is as applicable and insulting as it is to myself; but I do not fear to meet it siogle and alone. No one venerates the peerage more than I do; but, my lords, I must say that the peerage...
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The North American Review, Volume 20

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1825 - 504 pages
...without seeing some noble peer, who owes his seat in this house to his successful exertions in the profession to which I belong. Does he not feel that it is as honorable to owe it to these, as to being the accident of an accident ? — To all these noble lords,...
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