 | Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) - 1844 - 324 Seiten
...rare a being in England as a wolf is now." " I have always understood," said Coningsby, " that our peerage was the finest in Europe." " From themselves,"...their seats illegally, for they had been attainted. Of those twenty-nine not five remain, and they, as the Howards for instance, are not Norman nobility.... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1844 - 324 Seiten
...rare a being in England as a wolf is now." " I have always understood," said Coningsby, " that our peerage was the finest in Europe." " From themselves,"...their seats illegally, for they had been attainted. Of those twenty-nine not five remain, and they, as the Howards for instance, are not Norman nobility.... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1844 - 168 Seiten
...England as a wolf is now." "I have always understood," said Coningsby, "that our peerage was the finesi in Europe." "From themselves," said Millbank, "and...them ' took their seats illegally, for they had been at- / tainted. Of those twenty-nine not five remain, ; and they, as the Howards for instance, are not... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1844 - 328 Seiten
...that our peerage was the finest in Europe." " From themselves," said Millbank, " and CONINGSBY. 37 the heralds they pay to paint their carriages. But...their seats illegally, for they had been attainted. Of those twenty-nine not five remain, and they, as the Howards for instance, are not Norman nobility.... | |
 | 1844 - 742 Seiten
...according to Mr. Lockhart's own showing. In " Coningsby" we are told, that " when Henry the Seventh called his first Parliament there were only twenty-nine...some of them took their seats illegally, for they have been attainted. Of those twenty-nine not five remain, and they, »s the Howards for instance,... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 310 Seiten
...surely, he is an authority on such a subject. "I have always understood," said Coningsby, "that our peerage was the finest in Europe." " From themselves,"...paint their carriages. But I go to facts. When Henry the Seventh called his first Parliament, there were only twenty-nine temporal peers to be found, and... | |
 | Eduard Fischel - 1853 - 620 Seiten
...think." After the battle of Tcwkesbury, a Norman baron was almost as rare in England as a wolf is now.* When Henry VII. called his first parliament, there were only twenty-nine temporal peers to bo found ; of those twenty-nine not five remain, and they, as the Howards, for instance, are not Norman... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 434 Seiten
...rare a being in England as a wolf is now.' ' I have always understood,' said Coningsby, ' that our peerage was the finest in Europe.' ' From themselves,'...their seats illegally, for they had been attainted. Of those twenty-nine not five remain ; and they, as the Howards, for instance, are not Norman nobility.... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) - 1866 - 730 Seiten
...rare a being in England as a wolf is now." " I have always understood," said Coningsby, " that our peerage was the finest in Europe." "From themselves,"...their carriages. But I go to facts. When Henry VII. tailed his first Parliament, there were only twenty-nine temporal peers to he found, and even some... | |
 | George Alfred Townsend - 1869 - 702 Seiten
...that " after the battle of Tewkesbury, a Norman baron was almost as rare in England as a wolf is now. When Henry VII. called his first Parliament, there were only twenty-nine temporal peers to be found ; of those twenty-niue not five remain, and they, as the Howards, for instance, are not Norman nobility.... | |
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When Henry VII. called his first parliament, there were only twenty-nine temporal peers to be found, and even some of them took their seats illegally, for they had been attainted. Of those twenty-nine not five remain, and they, as the Howards for instance,... 
