Parliament: Its Romance, Its Comedy, Its PathosP.S. King & Son, 1902 - 406 pages |
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Page 99
... held up by dapper young Pages of Honour in scarlet doublets and white knee - breeches , under the direction of the Groom of the Robes , in whom was recognised a figure familiar in the Commons , that of Mr. Erskine , the Sergeant - at ...
... held up by dapper young Pages of Honour in scarlet doublets and white knee - breeches , under the direction of the Groom of the Robes , in whom was recognised a figure familiar in the Commons , that of Mr. Erskine , the Sergeant - at ...
Page 163
... held a salary of £ 10,000 a year . But the Great Seal is too precious a thing to be carried about by an official , even in the House of Lords . It lies , in its morocco- covered box , in a strong safe , no doubt , at the residence of ...
... held a salary of £ 10,000 a year . But the Great Seal is too precious a thing to be carried about by an official , even in the House of Lords . It lies , in its morocco- covered box , in a strong safe , no doubt , at the residence of ...
Page 208
... held in favour of Bradlaugh's claim . On February 9th , 1884 , at the opening of another Session , Bradlaugh again administered the oath to himself and voted , and was again expelled . He then accepted the Chiltern Hun- dreds , and was ...
... held in favour of Bradlaugh's claim . On February 9th , 1884 , at the opening of another Session , Bradlaugh again administered the oath to himself and voted , and was again expelled . He then accepted the Chiltern Hun- dreds , and was ...
Contents
СКАР | 1 |
THE FIRST OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL SOVEREIGNS | 25 |
HOW EDWARD VII OPENED HIS FIRST PARLIAMENT | 84 |
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