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MY LORD, The Last time I had the honour of being in your Lordships company I will be honest. I couldn't read past this. I just couldn't. I hope you do not

MY LORD, The Last time I had the honour of being in your Lordships company I will be honest. I couldn't read past this. I just couldn't. I hope you do not fail to see the point.

eru 12y ago
What's your point? Sorry, I am but a humble unAmerican and might be hard of understanding.
- fit2rule 12y ago
  It is a level of groveling that no free man should willingly endure, nor require.
  - eru 12y ago
    It's a traditional form of address. The proto-US people kept slaves at the time. That's worse.
- JimmyM 12y ago
  > What's your point? My inference is the reference to deference