Peerage

(noun.) the peers of a kingdom considered as a group.

编辑:齐克

• I suppose you know Sir Pitt's father refused a peerage. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• All idea of a Peerage was out of the question, the Baronet's two seats in Parliament being lost. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The peerage contributes more four-wheeled affliction than has ever been seen in that neighbourhood. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The peerage may have warmer worshippers and faithfuller believers than Mr. Tulkinghorn, after all, if everything were known. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• You have read Shakespeare, and do not know what a peerage is! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• A baronetcy was spoken of with confidence; a peerage was frequently mentioned. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• In this way the worthy Rectoress consoled herself, and her daughters sighed and sat over the Peerage all night. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• One living beggar had become of more worth than a national peerage of dead lords-- alas the day! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I looked for a peerage for you, Pitt, she said (the brother-in-law again turned red). 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• During these delectable entertainments, Miss Wirt and the chaperon sate by, and conned over the peerage, and talked about the nobility. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The middle-aged man in the pew knows scarcely more of the affairs of the peerage than any crossing-sweeper in Holborn. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The man that wrote the 'English Peerage. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.

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