House of Peers
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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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Prominent members of the Diet and the House of Peers said privately that the government must fall.
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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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"Ambassador Forbes is a worthy compeer of George Washington," declared Prince Tokugawa, President of the House of Peers.
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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
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