Meaning of be-sceptered | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Examples

“Mr. Laughlin recited the first rise⟳ of J. Pierpont Morgan as the be-crowned and be-sceptered king of finance at the time of the organization of the great steel trust⟳, and the resolve⟳ of the Rockefeller crowd to dethrone him and fleece him of many of his millions.”

“I have⟳ told you these things that you may know⟳ that no be-sceptered and be-crowned king ever reigned in a more God-blessed land⟳ than ours.”

“Thus the book’s witty dust-jacket pictures him, bloated, be-sceptered Florizel,[…]”

“>Most people here will know⟳ my views on Sodomy - / Fraid not. You assume⟳ a level of interest⟳ in perversion far above that which actually exists west of your anally be-sceptered island.”

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