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  • And for those who find it all too much, the London-based illustrator Lydia Leith is selling a series of screen-printed Royal Sick Bags under the name "Throne Up".

    The Guardian World News Elizabeth Day 2011

  • Protector: Reclaiming the Throne is the sequel of the great Defense game Protector (walkthrough available here).

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • Then the Throne is there and on it there sits a king and his consort, and the British Empire is still going strong.

    The Apple Cart and the British Empire 1931

  • Whilst I was proceeding amongst the innumerable trunks of the beech trees, my guide pointed out to me a peak, rising above the others, which he called the Throne of Moses.

    Dreams Waking Thoughts and Incidents Beckford, William 1891

  • Whilst I was proceeding amongst the innumerable trunks of the beech trees, my guide pointed out to me a peak, rising above the others, which he called the Throne of Moses.

    Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents William Beckford 1801

  • The cover, featuring the Kingslayer and the Iron Throne, is another spectacular piece of work from Michael Komarck.

    Now Shipping grrm 2010

  • The Right—in its only serious meaning, the party opposed to equality not economic equality but equality of rights—at first wanted to undo the Revolution in the name of Throne and Altar, and this reaction probably breathed its last only with Francisco Franco in 1975.

    THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND Allan Bloom 2003

  • The Throne is a stately and elegant wood surround for boring porcelain commodes.

    Boing Boing: May 20, 2001 - May 26, 2001 Archives 2001

  • The Right—in its only serious meaning, the party opposed to equality not economic equality but equality of rights—at first wanted to undo the Revolution in the name of Throne and Altar, and this reaction probably breathed its last only with Francisco Franco in 1975.

    THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND Allan Bloom 2003

  • Today, in our parliamentary democracy, the Speech from the Throne is drawn up by the government.

    Meet Modern Sweden 1966

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