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  • My father had a lurking suspicion that such a custom had existed in antiquity, and, after he-had looked the matter up, said: "It is a repetition of ancient conditions, the Roman saturnalia, or, what amounts to the same thing, a case where the servants temporarily lord it over the so-called lords."

    The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Various

  • The law lords, Britain's most important panel of judges, have been replaced with a Supreme Court, though the law lords still insist on being known as lords.

    Slate Magazine Inigo Thomas 2010

  • The law lords, Britain's most important panel of judges, have been replaced with a Supreme Court, though the law lords still insist on being known as lords.

    Slate Magazine Inigo Thomas 2010

  • Each locality had its special Baal, and the various local Baals were summed up under the name of Baalim, "lords."

    Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

  • Each locality had its special Baal, and the various local Baals were summed up under the name of Baalim, or "lords."

    Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

  • Business was brought forward, calmly deliberated upon, and discussed with unanimity, and in a spirit becoming true woman, and which would add an unknown dignity and consequent influence to the transactions of public associations of the "lords." ....

    History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Matilda Joslyn Gage 1863

  • ‘Plenty of them. -but they are not so easily defined as lords.

    The Duke's Children 2004

  • "Plenty of them; -- but they are not so easily defined as lords.

    The Duke's Children Anthony Trollope 1848

  • Business was brought forward, calmly deliberated upon and discussed with unanimity and in a spirit becoming true women, which would add an unknown dignity to the transactions of public associations of the 'lords.' “

    The Life and Work of Susan B Anthony 01 Harper, Ida H 1899

  • Business was brought forward, calmly deliberated upon and discussed with unanimity and in a spirit becoming true women, which would add an unknown dignity to the transactions of public associations of the 'lords.'"

    The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Ida Husted Harper 1891

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