[C] Even in the case of a committee of conference between the two houses, the lords have seats in the committee-room and wear their hats. The members from the commons must stand, and be uncovered during the deliberations!
[D] See portrait at the [commencement] of this volume.
[E] See view of this palace on page [133].
[F] It is two hundred and seventy feet long, seventy-five wide, and ninety high.
[G] There were two points or headlands, on opposite sides of an inlet from the sea, on the northern side of the Isle of Wight, which in ancient times received the name of Cows. They were called the East Cow and the West Cow. The harbor between them formed a safe and excellent harbor. The name is now spelled Cowes, and the port is, at the present day, of great commercial importance.
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