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That is the explanation, and I am glad to have finished it: the blemishes on honourable lineage are a delicate subject, and certainly this heredity we hear so much about is the finest scandalmonger in the world; it laughs at discretion, and writes strange entries between the lines of the "Peerages".
The Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope 1898
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Notwithstanding Lord Thurlow's frequent and consistent disavowals of pretension to any heraldic pedigree, his collateral descendants are credited in the 'Peerages' with a descent from an ancient family.
A Book About Lawyers John Cordy Jeaffreson 1866
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a delicate subject, and certainly this heredity we hear so much about is the finest scandalmonger in the world; it laughs at discretion, and writes strange entries between the lines of the "Peerages".
The Prisoner of Zenda: being the history of three months in the life of an English gentleman 1894
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The MoD is donating several sets of slightly-used body armour (which will be right as rain once the bloodstains are removed), and it has been reported that Peerages are to be on sale for as little as 50p.
Brown Launches New Debt Initiative Dungeekin 2009
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The MoD is donating several sets of slightly-used body armour (which will be right as rain once the bloodstains are removed), and it has been reported that Peerages are to be on sale for as little as 50p.
Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009
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Yates faced from Nulabor members and hangers-on when he was trying to investigate Cash for Peerages, it is not surprising that his response to one their complaints was F*** Off (or words to that effect) on July 10, 2009 at 10: 54 am sarah
Met Wiot Police Are Too Wuff « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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A glaring example of why Life Peerages are boring and we should get on with replacing the House of Lords with an elected second house already, so we can go back to ennobling Hereditary Peers and Kaori Yuki can get on with writing a manga about Lord Adonis 'ravishing young grandson.
5th October '08 flidgetjerome 2008
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The question is - what role did Gordon play in the Cash for Peerages scenario?
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Peerages * should* be given for the right reasons, not because a Muslim is jealous of a Jew.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Peerages * should* be given for the right reasons, not because a Muslim is jealous of a Jew.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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