House of Peers

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Older heads, especially in the House of Peers, may shake, do shake.

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

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

The trial of Archbishop Laud was at this time going on, and reference is made to his appearance before the House of Peers.

From The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress by Jackson, Mason