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State and privy-councillor; Martial de la Roche – Hugon is minister to Germany and peer of France; Serisy leads the Council of
A Marriage Contract 2007
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After the second fall of the Emperor, he became once more a privy-councillor, was appointed vice-president of the Council of
A Start in Life 2007
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Hamilton was made a privy-councillor in Ireland, and had a pension of
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Berlin, where he was made a privy-councillor, and where he later became a Protestant.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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A plain husbandman is more prudent in affairs of his own house than a privy-councillor in the affairs of another man.
Chapter VIII. Of the Virtues Commonly Called Intellectual, and Their Contrary Defects 1909
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He returned home in 1764, studied law, and in 1771 was appointed by the king privy-councillor for South Carolina.
Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Louise Manly 1896
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How many other names with and without the title of privy-councillor occur to me, but I must not allow myself to think of them.
The Story of My Life Ebers, Georg, 1837-1898 1892
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Cardinal's service to the King's three years before, and had since then been knighted, appointed privy-councillor, Master of the Jewel-house, and Clerk of the Hanaper in the Court of Chancery.
The King's Achievement Robert Hugh Benson 1892
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You would take his valet-de-chambre for his brother; his butler is gray-headed; his groom is one of the gravest men that I have ever seen; and his coachman has the looks of a privy-councillor.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I Various 1885
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How many other names with and without the title of privy-councillor occur to me, but I must not allow myself to think of them.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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