The same year he was named one of the justices of the peace for his borough; and on the grant of a new charter showed great zeal in defending the rights of the commoners, and succeeded in procuring an alteration in the charter in their favour, exhibiting much warmth of temper during the dispute and being committed to custody by the privy council for angry words spoken against the mayor, for which he afterwards apologized. [Please select]
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"Peers have their troubles as much as commoners," commented Ulyth. [Please select]
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Legge--the two most popular commoners of England--into the cabinet. [Please select]
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Twenty-eight peers and one hundred commoners were admitted into the English parliament. [Please select]
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Slim, fat, chiefs or commoners, all learn this knack in infancy. [Please select]
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Now came large troops of commoners as infantry as well, drawn from the peasant population. [Please select]
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The "commoners" were completely or partly unfree and fell under several heads. [Please select]
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The proper balance between superior classes and commoners is what we call 'ordinance.' [Please select]
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If superiors and commoners confuse degree, how can the state go on. [Please select]
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