Thrones
[θrəunz]
Examples
- She had sunk into one of the golden thrones, and as I turned to her she greeted me with a wan smile. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- On each side of the high mantelpiece stood two antique chairs of oak, solid as silvan thrones, and in one of these sat a lady. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The old absolutist system of government was fast breaking up, and ancient thrones were tottering. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We believed in the oaths and promises of princes whom we suffered to remain upon their thrones. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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