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• This was not the usual behaviour of a wife in the sixteenth century, when women were expected to obey their husbands without question, but then a queen regnant was a novelty also, and in view of her position could not be expected to conform as other women did. —  TheChildrenof
• Moreover, once Moses 'origins and rash deed (i.e., the slaying of an Egyptian taskmaster) became known, the then-regnant Pharaoh, whoever he was, would certainly have —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
• No wonder that cabinet ministers and others often grew weary of the interminable debates respecting the marriages of queens regnant, and that William Cecil, as early as July, 1561, wrote respecting Queen Bess: "Well, God send our Mistress a husband, and by time a son, that we may hope our posterity shall have a masculine succession. —  The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)
• So here you have a chance to peer at our world's youth when chivalry was regnant, and common-sense and cowardice were still at nurse. —  Chivalry
• The sun was regnant, and little brown birds flew cheerily over the snow and talked of nests Amelia finished her housework by nine o'clock, and then sat down in her low rocker by the south window, sewing in thrifty haste. —  Tiverton Tales

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