Word: baronets
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...Laborite) suggested that a tax be imposed on all titles. Stanley Baldwin, Chancellor of the Exchequer, replying, said that the revenue from such a source would not be great and that it already costs a duke nearly $3,500 in duties on creation, or elevation to such rank, while baronets paid something under $1,400. (The grant of Letters Patent alone costs, for a duke $1,625; a marquis, $1,400; an earl, $1,150; a viscount, $930; a baron, $700; and a baronet...
...every occasion to bring to the fore doubtful matters which the others prefer not to discuss. There is ample opportunity for Sir William himself to storm and stamp and trace the genealogy of the Cheshires to the thirteenth century. Studdenham, father of the unfortunate Freda, stands up to the Baronet's fire as man to man and, always remembering his position, returns pride for pride. Even the guilty Bill, as he reiterates to a somewhat doubting audience, is not wholly a blackguard in spite of his painful attempts to assure the family that he loves the girl,--who is always...
...Eldest Son" could be changed with slight difficulty to a startling success. Already at hand are Bill's "tense" scenes with his parents,--difficult ones for all concerned, including the audience,--his impassioned outcry, "Why anything? I didn't make myself!" There is the conventional arrival of the baronet off stage to the thrilling accompaniment of hoof-beats. There are those eternal broken sentences which may mean anything. "If I could--", "Perhaps it would be better--", "Then you mean...
...first act is laid in front of the Shorn Lamb tavern in the seaport town of Crowbay. A group of villagers, constituting the opening chorus, are gathered before the tavern. As the curtain rises they begin to tell of the approaching marriage of Constance to a rich but aged baronet, who has been selected by Boggs, the girl's father, as a suitable husband for his child, though much against her will. Alfred Dawdle, young, handsome and charming, but poor, makes his appearance, accompanied by his facetious but faithful servant, Rattles. Dawdle offers to elope with Constance, who consents after...