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Definition of Pelhams
1. pelham [n] - See also: pelham
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pelhams
Literary usage of Pelhams
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1912)
"Both George and the pelhams began to look round for aid. On February 5, 1746,
... The pelhams were now in a position to insist on their own terms. ..."
2. A Student's History of England from the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1902)
"The pelhams and the King. 1745. —The pelhams made use of the struggle in Scotland to
... The pelhams were reinstated in power, bringing I'itt with them. ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"CHAPTER H THE AGE OF WALPOLE AND THE pelhams (1) CHATEAUBRIAND once caustically
declared that the Revolution of 1688, which Englishmen termed the "glorious ..."
4. The History of Nations by Henry Cabot Lodge (1906)
"Chapter XLVI ESTABLISHMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY SUPREMACY: WALPOLE, CARTERET, AND
THE pelhams 1737—1754 LEADING DATES REIGN OF GEORGE II., ..."
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