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sitting in the House of Lords ever
But it is a significant fact that no bishop of the Episcopal Church, sitting in the House of Lords, ever voted for the repeal of one of those savage laws.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition—Miscellany by Robert Green Ingersoll

spoke in the House of Lords except
The Princes very rarely spoke in the House of Lords, except under an overmastering fear of the abolition of the Slave Trade.
— from William Pitt and the Great War by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

speech in the House of Lords explaining
Lord Kitchener's speech in the House of Lords, explaining the military situation, reads like a series of month-old bulletins and was a great disappointment.
— from The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II by Burton Jesse Hendrick

soon in the hands of loving experienced
Sam was soon in the hands of loving, experienced friends who knew just what to do, and so in a day or two he was out again, none the worse for his adventure.
— from Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land by Egerton Ryerson Young

sitting in the House of Lords ever
From time to time this cruel code was changed by Act of Parliament, yet no bishop sitting in the House of Lords ever voted in favor of any one of these measures.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

sit in the House of Lords either
Pg 142 "Every one feels the difficulty in the way of summoning Colonial Representatives to either the House of Lords or the House of Commons, for, while special provision would be required to increase the numbers of the House of Commons, there are apparent and real obstacles in the way of inviting Colonial Representatives to sit in the House of Lords, either as ordinary, or as Life Peers.
— from A Winter Tour in South Africa by Frederick Young

speaking in the House of Lords expressed
She and her sorrow were in every one’s hearts, and Lord Rosebery, speaking in the House of Lords, expressed in memorable words what all were feeling when he referred to the “solitary and pathetic figure who for sixty years shared all the sorrows and all the joys of Mr. Gladstone’s life, who received his every confidence and every aspiration, who shared his triumphs with him and cheered him under his defeats, and by her tender vigilance sustained and prolonged his years.”
— from Wives of the Prime Ministers, 1844-1906 by Lucy Masterman


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