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Old and New London
… member of the Privy Council. He has precedence before all peers of his own degree. He has no formal grant of his …
Old and New London
… Some of the figures introduced are evidently portraits of "peers and pick-pockets, grooms and gentlemen," mixed up in a …
Survey of London
… p. 351. "Working and squaring free stone for the two peers for the new water staires between the Dutches of … the Dutches of Richmonds for the Mason to put up 2 stone peers for a gateway to the water stairs." (P.R.O., Works, …
Old and New London
… to overflowing, and even the sick room was crowded with peers, privy councillors, and foreign ministers; all the …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Houses, especially the Lords. All the young vagabonds of peers are trembling in their shoes, now they see something …