Word: sovereignly
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...mind's eye," he cried, "is that magnificent painting of the scene in which the sovereign lies dying and his servant exclaims, 'Never again will I serve a King whom the worms...
...service in the U. S., His Majesty may well be proud. He had taken hold of Anglo-U. S. relations when they were still War-snarled. He left them smooth and orderly. For his quiet success, many a friend believed he would be properly rewarded by his sovereign. Now only a Knight, he might well be advanced to a Baron and take the title of Lord Howard of Greystoke, since he was born at Greystoke Castle, Cumberland. Should the Labor Government overlook his Conservative politics and noble lineage, it might permit King George to make him Viscount Greystoke, even Viscount...
They wagered 50,000 Greek drachma ($650) on the sovereign to whom they are accredited, Tsar Boris of Bulgaria...
When a Gracious Sovereign sees fit to reward an Englishman for his deeds or generosity he may knight him. The College of Arms (or Herald's College) looks through its worm-eaten records, trumps up a coat of arms for the new Lord. Its members* may even try to picture on his shield some connection with his name or works. If his name is Rokeby, his arms may bear the device of three rooks. If he has been an intrepid seafarer, his heraldry may suggest it with a ship...
...with 500 British special constables skulking outside, the 80,000 Nationalists (physically weak and mentally timid though they are) felt safe behind their barricade. They had met with the announced purpose of committing High Treason en masse, assembled as did 65 American colonists in 1776 to defy a British sovereign with a Declaration of Independence. Only 3,000 of them were official delegates but all 80,000 shrilled applause as Pandit Nehru cried: "We are now in open conspiracy to free India...