Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 2Sheldon, 1860 |
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الصفحة 240
... Peers , he says , and says truly , are the class with respect to whom we possess the most accurate statisti- cal information . Touching their number , this has been accurately known and recorded ever since the order has existed in the ...
... Peers , he says , and says truly , are the class with respect to whom we possess the most accurate statisti- cal information . Touching their number , this has been accurately known and recorded ever since the order has existed in the ...
الصفحة 241
... Peers are a marrying class , and that their general longevity proves them to be a healthy class . Still peerages ... peer , this remains a conspicuous truth ; and the regulation of the degree of fecundity conformably to this principle ...
... Peers are a marrying class , and that their general longevity proves them to be a healthy class . Still peerages ... peer , this remains a conspicuous truth ; and the regulation of the degree of fecundity conformably to this principle ...
الصفحة 242
... Peer- age , published in 1828 , that there were at that time 287 peers of the United Kingdom , who had been married once or oftener . The whole number of mar- riages contracted by these 287 peers was 333. The number of children by these ...
... Peer- age , published in 1828 , that there were at that time 287 peers of the United Kingdom , who had been married once or oftener . The whole number of mar- riages contracted by these 287 peers was 333. The number of children by these ...
الصفحة 243
... peers are decidedly not a marrying class ; so that a peer , though he has at least as great a chance of having a son as his neighbours , has less chance than they of having a collateral heir . We have now disposed , we think , of Mr ...
... peers are decidedly not a marrying class ; so that a peer , though he has at least as great a chance of having a son as his neighbours , has less chance than they of having a collateral heir . We have now disposed , we think , of Mr ...
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... peers my Lord Turn- about , my Lord Time - server , and my Lord Fair- speech ; in the House of Commons , Mr. Smooth - man , Mr. Anything , and Mr. Facing - both - ways ; nor would " the parson of the parish , Mr. Two - tongues , " have ...
... peers my Lord Turn- about , my Lord Time - server , and my Lord Fair- speech ; in the House of Commons , Mr. Smooth - man , Mr. Anything , and Mr. Facing - both - ways ; nor would " the parson of the parish , Mr. Two - tongues , " have ...
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