Almost immediately a serjeant-at-arms confronted him. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock]
Likewise, Taita had followed the advice of the serjeant-at-arms. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock]
He then brought actions against the speaker and the serjeant-at-arms, but the courts upheld the action of the House. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Proclamation for silence having been made by the Lord Steward's serjeant-at-arms, the commission was read, the lords standing up, uncovered. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
So while you may not wish a lobby pass and I'm sure i heard the serjeant-at-arms discussing your application..., there's not a lot of need for it, is there?. From Wordnik.com. [EXCLUSIVE: How 'Spinning Gordon' Played Politics With Terrorism] Reference
She managed to outride the serjeant-at-arms, and to warn him of his danger. From Wordnik.com. [The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1] Reference
The serjeant-at-arms failed to find them, and was jeered at by their workmen. From Wordnik.com. [The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration] Reference
The city doctrine was, that if the House of Commons had a serjeant-at-arms, they had a serjeant-at-mace. From Wordnik.com. [Burke]
The messenger of the serjeant-at-arms attempted to take one of them into custody in his own shop in the city. From Wordnik.com. [Burke]
After this, Mr. Pultney, with an affected humanity, agreed to commit the High Bailiff only to the serjeant-at-arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1] Reference
On emerging from hiding, or escaping from the serjeant-at-arms in 1660, he lived or a short time in Holborn, near Red Lion Square. From Wordnik.com. [Milton] Reference
The order of the serjeant-at-arms will admit you into the Reporters 'gallery, from whence you can obtain a tolerably good view of the. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people] Reference
He was also for some time during the autumn of 1660 in the custody of the serjeant-at-arms, for on 15th December, there is an entry in the. From Wordnik.com. [Milton] Reference
The child was named Henry, styled Prince of Wales, and given a serjeant-at-arms on the 14th, and a clerk of the signet on the 19th of February. From Wordnik.com. [Henry VIII.] Reference
The serjeant-at-arms confined him for a brief space at The Three Tuns, near Charing Cross, "where his conversation made the prison a place of delight" to his fellows. From Wordnik.com. [The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened] Reference
Early in his reign he appointed Richard Gibson, one of his father's company of players, to be "yeoman tailor to the king," and subsequently "serjeant-at-arms and of the tents and revels;" and in. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character] Reference
The House of Commons, as it was never intended for the support of peace and subordination, is miserably appointed for that service; having no stronger weapon than its mace, and no better officer than its serjeant-at-arms, which it can command of its own proper authority. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12)] Reference
16 Taken into custody by the serjeant-at-arms for refusal to qualify, sit and vote. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of North Carolina Issued by the North Carolina Historical Commission for the Use of Members of the General Assembly Session 1913] Reference
He was serjeant-at-arms to. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
For the salary of the serjeant-at-arms, thirty-five hun - sergeant-at. From Wordnik.com. [Acts and resolves passed by the General Court] Reference
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