Reigns

Examples

• They mostly began to reign as old men, and their reigns were short, averaging less than two years each. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Alack-a-day, the good Lord Luigi reigns not here in these sad times. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• During the Tudor and Stuart reigns a fashionable gift at christenings was the apostle, so called because at the end of the handle was the figure of an apostle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• And woman, lovely woman, reigns alone. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Man's boasted power and freedom, all are flown; Lord of the earth and sea, he bends a slave, And woman, lovely woman, reigns alone. Jane Austen. Emma.
• This is a species of dignity in which the high-bred British female reigns supreme. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Here, at least, the descendant of Alfred still reigns a princess. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In this society, and where not, my Lady Dedlock reigns supreme. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And as a consequence only the hardworking emperors who kept their legions active and in close touch with themselves had long reigns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And the citizen answered and said, Whence come ye that ye know not that great Laertius reigns in Ephesus? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Electricity to-day reigns supreme in the field of illumination, but every other kind of artificial light that has ever been known is still in use somewhere. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Such was the Greek empire as long as it subsisted, and that of the Saracens during the reigns of the Abassides. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The moon reigns glorious, glad of the gale, as glad as if she gave herself to his fierce caress with love. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Lord of the earth and sea, he bends a slave, And woman, lovely woman, reigns alone. Jane Austen. Emma.

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