Word: peelings
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...Lord Peel. Appointed to succeed Lord Birkenhead at the India Office, last week, was Lord Peel...
People who know that famed Revue Comedienne Beatrice Lillie is also Lady Peel were struck by the coincidence. It was fun to imagine the often studiously vulgar Beatrice capering and kicking her heels high at India House. Of course she will never do so. For Lady (Beatrice Lillie) Peel is not the spouse of Lord Peel, but merely the wife of Sir Robert Peel, Baronet...
...Robert Peel is the only son of the eldest son of the eldest son of great Sir Robert Peel (died 1850). Lord Peel is the eldest son of the youngest son of the same potent progenitor. Lord Peel inherits the title of Viscount from his father, who received it upon his retirement as Speaker of the House of Commons...
...ingredients by pouring them four or five times from one mug to the other. If well done this will have the appearance of a continuous stream of liquid fire. Sweeten with one teaspoonful of pulverized white sugar, and serve in a small bar tumbler, with a piece of lemon peel. ... A beholder gazing for the first time upon an experienced artist compounding this beverage, would naturally come to the conclusion that it was a nectar for Pluto rather than Bacchus. The novice in mixing this beverage should be careful not to scald himself. To become proficient in throwing the liquid...
...Garrick Club, since 1831 a mecca for footlight folk, burbled with chuckles at an anecdote from the tongue of sprightly Lady Peel ("Beatrice Lillie...