House of Peers
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Newly appointed to Japan's House of Peers, he is among those whose seating General MacArthur has ordered delayed, pending determination of their status as "desirable personnel."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Ambassador Forbes is a worthy compeer of George Washington," declared Prince Tokugawa, President of the House of Peers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Diet and House of Peers meet at present in a low, dingy frame building, which "looks like an orphan asylum," according to Japanese correspondents.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since 1903 he has been President of the House of Peers, but that is relatively unimportant.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why, sir—Mr. Larkin—I can hardly believe, sir—you can't mean, or think it possible, sir, that I should lend myself to a deception, and—and sit in the House of Peers by a fraud, sir!
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
