Peerage

Examples

• I suppose you know Sir Pitt's father refused a peerage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• All idea of a Peerage was out of the question, the Baronet's two seats in Parliament being lost. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The peerage contributes more four-wheeled affliction than has ever been seen in that neighbourhood. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The peerage may have warmer worshippers and faithfuller believers than Mr. Tulkinghorn, after all, if everything were known. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You have read Shakespeare, and do not know what a peerage is! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• A baronetcy was spoken of with confidence; a peerage was frequently mentioned. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• In this way the worthy Rectoress consoled herself, and her daughters sighed and sat over the Peerage all night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• One living beggar had become of more worth than a national peerage of dead lords-- alas the day! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I looked for a peerage for you, Pitt, she said (the brother-in-law again turned red). William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• During these delectable entertainments, Miss Wirt and the chaperon sate by, and conned over the peerage, and talked about the nobility. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The middle-aged man in the pew knows scarcely more of the affairs of the peerage than any crossing-sweeper in Holborn. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The man that wrote the 'English Peerage. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

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