sceptral

I took, and on my manly head I set, the royal crown of Paflagonia; I took, and with my royal arm I wield, the sceptral rod of Paflagonia; I took, and in my outstretched hand I hold, the royal orb of Paflagonia!

The Rose and the Ring 2006

He is the Warwick of modern times; he makes and unmakes kings, sceptral and financial.

The Voice in the Fog Harold MacGrath 1901

"La famille c'est moi" appeared to be his tacit formula, and he carried his umbrella -- he had very bad ones, Gaston thought -- with something of a sceptral air.

The Reverberator Henry James 1879

Large red lilies of love, sceptral and tall, lovely for eyes to see;

Poems & Ballads (Second Series) Swinburne's Poems Volume III Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873

In either case we moderns at least might haply desire the intervention of a beadle's hand as heavy and a sceptral cudgel as knotty as ever the son of

A Study of Shakespeare Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873

Ere Owen and Robert had helped the other two ladies to land in a more rational manner, she was shaking her mischievous head at a window, and thrusting in her sceptral reed-mace.

Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

I took, and on my manly head I set, the royal crown of Paflagonia; I took, and with my royal arm I wield, the sceptral rod of Paflagonia; I took, and in my outstretched hand I hold, the royal orb of Paflagonia!

The Rose and the Ring William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

I took, and on my manly head I set, the royal crown of Paflagonia; I took, and with my royal arm I wield, the sceptral rod of Paflagonia; I took, and in my outstretched hand I hold, the royal orb of Paflagonia!

The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

Third of three that ruled in Athens, kings with sceptral song for staff, [_Ep.

Studies in Song, A Century of Roundels, Sonnets on English Dramatic Poets, The Heptalogia, Etc From Swinburne's Poems Volume V. Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873