 I am amazed at his grace's speech. The noble duke cannot look before him, behind him, or on either side of him, without seeing some noble peer who owes his seat in this house to his successful exertions in the profession to which I belong. Does he not...  The Companion: After-dinner Table-talk - Page 91by Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 192 pagesFull view - About this book
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