“I thought your scepter was the strongest, your highness.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Furies] Reference
A scepter is a kind of staff borne by kings as an emblem of their authority. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary Collated from his Diary by Benjamin Funk] Reference
It is a sign of law and order, just as the scepter is the sign of royalty and rule. From Wordnik.com. [An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls] Reference
"A kinglet without a scepter is a flibberjig, and I'll be black and blue by to-morrow morning!". From Wordnik.com. [John Dough And The Cherub]
Orm blasts them both with his scepter, which is powered with some sort of neural blaster, temporarily paralyzing both our heroes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
His scepter is his force of temporal power. From Wordnik.com. [What fools these mortals be (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
Erec wasn’t sure whether to refer to the scepter as his or his father’s. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Furies] Reference
Puesch has argued that the messianic figure in 4Q521 is a royal messianic figure, finding a reference to a "scepter" in 4Q521 2 III, 6. From Wordnik.com. [The Sacred Page] Reference
GRIFFIN: His scepter is his radio. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 17, 2005] Reference
The scepter was the solution, not the problem. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Furies] Reference
A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
Your scepter to release, and our just rights restore. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid English] Reference
He has no scepter in his hand, no crown upon his head. From Wordnik.com. [King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth] Reference
You never wore a crown and you never wielded a scepter. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Biblical Characters] Reference
So Esther came near, and touched the top of the scepter. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
He touched both rulers on the shoulders with his scepter. From Wordnik.com. [Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel] Reference
Barleycorn his scepter wields o'er all these smiling regions. From Wordnik.com. [Rippling Rhymes] Reference
The race was even more lopsided when the robe came with a scepter. From Wordnik.com. [David Parker: Political Memo: How to Defeat the Tea Party] Reference
The scepter wherein lies Mammon's power to sway the nations is usury. From Wordnik.com. [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference
It is cultivated woman that wields the scepter of authority among men. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
As mother, wife, and friend she wields a triune scepter of vast power. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
Primoff can have the crown, but I'm keeping the scepter for self-defense. From Wordnik.com. [Mothering As A Spectator Sport] Reference
The king waved his scepter and two slaves seized Bar Shalmon by the arms. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
That will be the big hoopla, where I'll get my cape and scepter and crown. From Wordnik.com. [A Laureate for Kids (It’s OK to Laugh)] Reference
Germanism, that is, to bring all German-speaking nations under one scepter. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Russia] Reference
He threw aside his scepter of temporal power to lay hold on an eternal scepter. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Biblical Characters] Reference
His serpent skin headdress and battle axe scepter, too, were relics from the past. From Wordnik.com. [The Sun King] Reference
Prince, the takyng awaie of the scepter, the slaughter of in - finite people to ensue. From Wordnik.com. [A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde] Reference
The scepter, the miter, and coronet seem to me poor things for great men to contend for. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
No tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle, nor chemic power turn thy scepter into iron. From Wordnik.com. [America First Patriotic Readings] Reference
Reason can never wield her grandest scepter of power on a shattered and trembling throne. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
She wore white Gianni Versace, he carried a scepter, and two dozen white pigeons were released. From Wordnik.com. [Purple Hearts: Mr. &Amp; Mrs. ...] Reference
Mike the Magician held his hand out as if he expected a scepter or a card bearing a winning lottery number. From Wordnik.com. [Bread, Fish, Serpent, Stone] Reference
In fact, I can almost imagine him sitting on a throne upstage, orb and scepter in hand, presiding over the proceedings. From Wordnik.com. [Eyes on the Real Prize] Reference
Demetrius Poliorchetes one yere, Antiochus Soter also, the scepter of gouernment, left to the succession of an other, then. From Wordnik.com. [A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde] Reference
I then urged the formation of a strong government, not by the scepter or the sword, but by discussion, propositions, and ratification. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz] Reference
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