triple-crowned

Armadas, triple-crowned papacies, Russian despotisms, this is the way of them, and will be to the end of the world.

Westward Ho! 2007

The miner's son had come up full abreast with the triple-crowned descendant of the Medici.

Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties Joseph A. Seiss

So the intruder, opening and closing drawers as he went, glanced quickly but appreciatively at the highly emblazoned cards lying on the little red-leather-covered writing-table, at the litter of papers bearing the red and blue and gold of the triple-crowned double eagle, at the solid gold seal, at the row of splendid and regal-looking women in silver photograph holders, above the reading-desk, and a decanter or two of cut-glass.

Phantom Wires A Novel Arthur Stringer 1912

This is St. Peter's; there is the dome of Michael Angelo; and here, advancing towards her amid the red of the cardinals, the clatter of the guards, the tossing of the flabellæ, as though looking at her alone -- the two waxen fingers raised for her alone -- is the white-robed triple-crowned Pope.

Eleanor Humphry Ward 1885

Her loud surprise conveyed the image of Helbeck as it lay graven in the minds of the Browhead circle, -- a sort of triple-crowned, black-browed tyrant, with all the wiles and torments of Rome in his pocket.

Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II Humphry Ward 1885

Had his capacity been at all commensurate with his ambition, he might have deeply influenced the fate of the world; but fortunately no wizard's charm came to the aid of Paul Caraffa, and the triple-crowned monk sat upon the pontifical throne, a fierce, peevish, querulous, and quarrelsome dotard; the prey and the tool of his vigorous enemies and his intriguing relations.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-66) John Lothrop Motley 1845

Had his capacity been at all commensurate with his ambition, he might have deeply influenced the fate of the world; but fortunately no wizard's charm came to the aid of Paul Caraffa, and the triple-crowned monk sat upon the pontifical throne, a fierce, peevish, querulous, and quarrelsome dotard; the prey and the tool of his vigorous enemies and his intriguing relations.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 04: 1555-59 John Lothrop Motley 1845

Had his capacity been at all commensurate with his ambition, he might have deeply influenced the fate of the world; but fortunately no wizard's charm came to the aid of Paul Caraffa, and the triple-crowned monk sat upon the pontifical throne, a fierce, peevish, querulous, and quarrelsome dotard; the prey and the tool of his vigorous enemies and his intriguing relations.

PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845

Had his capacity been at all commensurate with his ambition, he might have deeply influenced the fate of the world; but fortunately no wizard's charm came to the aid of Paul Caraffa, and the triple-crowned monk sat upon the pontifical throne, a fierce, peevish, querulous, and quarrelsome dotard; the prey and the tool of his vigorous enemies and his intriguing relations.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845

Print Bristol teenage beauty queen flees South Korean pageant Amy Willerton said she is considering taking legal action against the pageants organisers A triple-crowned beauty queen from Bristol has claimed she had to leave a competition in South Korea because she feared for her safety.

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