...blessing with the other; or with a palm-branch — the sign of martyrdom — in the right hand ; or with a crown on His head and a sceptre in His hand. This latter version, of which Niccolo di Pietro gives au instance, is rare. It may be ascribed to the...

...and his brother Luke were taken prisoners. George (not Luke), in derision, was placed on a throne, with a crown on his head and a sceptre in his hand, all of red-hot iron; white still alive his veins were opened, and Luke was forced to drink the blood...

...blessing with the other; or with a palm-branch — the sign of martyrdom — in the right hand ; or with a crown on His head and a sceptre in His hand. This latter version, of which Niccolo di Pietro gives an instance, is rare. It may be ascribed to the...

...Court, a bloody corpse was lying, covered with the insignia of royalty. On the right stood a child, with a crown on his head and a sceptre in his hand. On the left leaned an aged man. This figure was enveloped in a cloak of ceremony, such as was worn...

...Crampton is no more blaraeable than any one else — that of making a crowned King like Richard rush about with a crown on his head and a sceptre in his hand on all sorts of occasions. For instance we have Richard paying a private visit to the Tower, for the...

...says, — " Urbem, quam dicunt Romam, Melibcee, putavi, Stultus ego, huic nostrse similem." And so the child's idea of a king, as derived from his picture-book,...man, seated above a flight of steps, with a crown on and a sceptre in his hand. In these two instances indeed the experience does but mislead, when applied...

...sophistical captions that could be properly adapted to the person represented. .First, he did present himself with a crown on his head and a sceptre in his hand, being clothed with a purple robe trimmed with ermine ; after that he had a mitre on his head, a crozier...

...and the temple of the Lord. He sits on the right hand of the High Priest, clothed in a scarlet robe, with a crown on his head and a sceptre in his hand. His jewel is a level surmounted by a crown. The Scribe represents Haggai the prophet, who returned...

...serve for supper, the other for my wonderful life-dream, in which he had seen himself on a wild island, with a crown on his head, and a sceptre in his hand, surrounded by marquises, earls, barons, knights, chancellors, and keepers of the great seal. He now...

...dominion of lust and blood. Nor were the externals of majesty forgotten. Arrayed in splendid robes, with a crown on his head, and a sceptre in his hand, the quondam tailor of Leyden sat on the judgment seat, protected by troops, and surrounded by counsellors...