| 单词 | sceptered |
| 例句 | A queen of a sceptered isle that consisted only of a bird-filled bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z By the final episode, it is easy to understand why a tormented Johnson would stand at a window, peer into a cold dawn and mourn how a disease had conquered his “sceptered isle.” Britain Wonders, Is It Too Soon to Dramatize the Pandemic? 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z “Beyond the high window the sky moves its clouds,” runs a typical sentence, “and now clearly the night by the silver of its starlight shows — The sceptered tops of the moving pines.” ‘Beatlebone’ review: What does John Lennon need to find his muse again? 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z He is at work on the third and fourth books of a six-volume “History of England,” which aims to tell the whole story of the sceptered isle, from prehistory to the present. | Peter Ackroyd’s London Calling 2013-09-12T13:00:12Z Standing at the base of the pedestal looking up at the mounted figure with sceptered hand raised, a viewer would see none of it — not a crinkle, crease or cuticle. Edmé Bouchardon's extraordinary drawings changed the way sculpture looked 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z King Charles III audaciously, even brilliantly, lays bare the illogic of the monarchy that props up that fragile, sceptered isle. Review: Crown Jewel: King Charles III in London 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z It’s music hall: the variety-act entertainment that was hugely popular in the sceptered isle in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. British music hall show onstage in Kensington Whether you like it or not, that’s the forecast for this sceptered isle for the next 75 years or so. After Queen Elizabeth II, it's a long line of kings. Will that matter? 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z But seen from that sceptered isle drifting scarcely 20 miles out at sea, the European Union looks more like a political assassin, one with a particularly rapacious appetite for British prime ministers. What happens next with Brexit, now that Theresa May is resigning? 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z This annual summer event in the south of England attracts keen petrolhead pilgrims from all over the sceptered isle as well as the United States and continental Europe. Fast cars and slow internet make for the perfect weekend 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Britain’s feeling of remoteness from Europe is often attributed to its self-image as what Shakespeare called “this sceptered isle.” Wigan’s Road to Brexit: Anger, Loss and Class Resentments 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z William Shakespeare died 400 years ago Saturday, an anniversary marked across the “sceptered isle” and across the pond. 400 years later, Shakespeare’s voice still echoes in sports 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Visions of that blue-and-gold E.U. flag smothering this sceptered isle and its vestigial grit loomed before dissipating: it’s all complete nonsense, of course. Op-Ed Columnist: Britain’s Brussels Syndrome 2013-08-23T01:06:47Z It was as if the nation were emphasizing its insignificance, not so much a sceptered isle, in Shakespeare’s words, as much as a wee scattering of rocks in the North Atlantic. The London Games Rock On in Closing Ceremony 2012-08-13T05:35:31Z This was the hero whose cunning and whose war genius had caused sceptered men to grovel at his feet, and had made stubborn republican Rome his cringing servant. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z It must be allowed that the icy sceptered guardian of the North has made a good fight against the invaders into his dominions. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z In the realm of mind every one is monarch; every one is robed, sceptered, and crowned, and every one wears the purple of authority. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:59.847Z In Love's fair realm, husband and wife are king and queen, sceptered and crowned alike, and seated on the self-same throne. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Against the wall lean ancient stone statues, noseless and disfigured, crowned and sceptered effigies of forgotten lords and ladies of Flanders. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z But he is the great hope of the United Kingdom, and the eyes of this sceptered isle will be upon Murray this afternoon when he faces Lopez. Straight Sets: Against Murray, Lopez Has Nothing to Lose 2011-06-29T04:17:04Z No sooner am I alone than shapes of epic greatness are stationed around me, and serve my Spirit the office which is equivalent to a King’s body-guard—then ‘Tragedy with sceptered pall comes sweeping by.’ Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z And such will it always be in "this sceptered isle." William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Llewelyn the destroyer of thy foes, the mild and prosperous governor of Gwynedd, Britain’s honour in the field, with thy sceptered hand extended on the throne, and thy gilt sword by thy side. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards "But mercy is above this sceptered sway, It is enthroned in the heart of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons Justice." Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles “But mercy is above this sceptered sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute of God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God’s, When mercy seasons justice.” Peggy Owen and Liberty No sooner am I alone than shapes of epic greatness are stationed around me, and serve my Spirit the office which is equivalent to a King's body-guard—then 'Tragedy with sceptered pall comes sweeping by.' The Enjoyment of Art Ah, what avails the sceptered race, Ah, what the form divine! Stories of Authors, British and American To the face of the Supreme Ruler she draws the conclusion: "Let not any sceptered king henceforth be kind to his people and recognize justice, but always let him be harsh and work unrighteousness." Homer's Odyssey A Commentary In a cave, with his foot upon the corpse of a youth, sat the crowned and sceptered majesty of Death. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch Hence it is among these that poverty sits enthroned—a sceptered king ruling amid disease and death. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne a sceptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Hast thou not seen my morning chambers filled With sceptered slaves, who waited to salute me? The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 Now, madam, at your feet a king you see; Or, rather, if you please, a sceptered slave: 'Tis just you should possess the power you gave. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 The dead but sceptered sovereigns who still rule Our spirits from their urns.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 He is a sceptered gentleman, who does much good. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II With his own sceptered hand charging my flagon to the brim, he declared his despotic pleasure, that I should quaff it off to the last lingering globule. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I The times demanded men who would not quail in the presence of the sceptered monarch; or at his threats of imprisonment, banishment and death. Sketches of the Covenanters But the expression she chose to cultivate was that associated with crowned head and sceptered hand; and sure no queen had ever looked so calm, so inexorable, so haughty, so terribly clear of vision. The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California The "sceptered isle" is still in a sense their mother-country, and a thousand ancestral ties attract them to its shores. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss BABBALANJA—No, your Highness; for though Lombardo abandoned all monitors from without; he retained one autocrat within—his crowned and sceptered instinct. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Add finders-out of sciences and arts; Add comrades of the Heliconian dames, Among whom Homer, sceptered o'er them all, Now lies in slumber sunken with the rest. On the Nature of Things In a city beyond far seas there dwelt a Youth who claimed not land nor gold, yet wealthier was than sceptered sovereign, richer far than fancy ever feigned. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 There she knelt to lift the shell vase and honey nectar to his sceptered hand, but trembled so much that she spilt the honey on his jewelled footstool. The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories Every one is robed, sceptered, and crowned, and every one wears the purple of authority. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne a sceptered hermit, wrapped in the solitude of his own originality. The American Union Speaker Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. Elson Grammar School Literature v4 Here twine the immortal wreaths of fame And evermore, from sire to son, Rolls on the sceptered sway, To heirs of old renown, a race of deathless name! The Bride of Messina, and On the Use of the Chorus in Tragedy In the companion panel, "Seedtime," the waiting farmers attend her as she stands, sceptered with an Easter lily, and extends her benison on the land. The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Art of the Panama-Pacific international exposition It seems to me then that I would rather be a hero of a French duel than a crowned and sceptered monarch. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 02 And who is more imperial in the pictorial life of the city than the officer on the Lotta Fountain pedestal by the raising of whose sceptered hand the life of the city moves or stays. Vignettes of San Francisco Kings were crowned ruffians and George III in particular was a sceptered savage, a royal brute, and other evil things. Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence |
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