The short reign of Nerva was a wise, a just, and a humane, but a sad one, not for the people, but for himself.

In an administrative and financial point of view, the reign of Francis I. was not at all a period of revival or of progress.

And then came all the tribes of Israel to David in Hebron, saying: We be thy mouth and thy flesh, when Saul lived and was king on us and reigned, thou wert coming and going; and because God hath said thou shalt reign upon my people and be their governor, therefore we shall obey thee.

After the death of Theodoric, A.D. 526, in the 37th year of his reign, the disturbed reigns of his daughter Amalasontha and her son Athalaric were an earnest of the distractions that Verona suffered, in common with the rest of Italy, till the taking of the city by Charlemagne, when a short period of tranquillity was enjoyed.

His whole reign was one continuous struggle with heathenism, and although at his death it triumphed for a time, in the end the faith and energies of the missionaries carried all before them.

His reign has been a checker'd reign, While some have suffered loss and wrong, We have no reason to complain, So come and join me in my song.

The reign of Stephen is not only "the most perfect condensation of all the ills of feudality," but affords a striking picture of the ills which befall a people when an ambitious hierarchy, swayed to and fro at the will of a foreign power, regards the supremacy of the Church as the one great object to be attained, at whatever expense of treachery and falsehood, of national degradation and general suffering.

The universal reign of Law is a magnificent truth; it is one of the two great pillars of the universe symbolized by the two pillars that stood at the entrance to Solomon's temple: it is Jachin, but Jachin must be equilibriated by Boaz.

His reign was intellectually and spiritually a gloomy calm between two wonderful periods of agitation.

The reign of the Directory, therefore is that of Romances à la Radcliffe, as well as of Sauces à la Provençale.

It is usually observed, that a good Reign is the only proper Time for making of Laws against the Exorbitance of Power; in the same manner an excessive Head-dress may be attacked the most effectually when the Fashion is against it.

At the time we did not recollect that to M. Gregoire is attributed the republican sentiment "the reign of Kings is the martyrology of nations:" his conversation proved him an enthusiast, but we think this liberty rather too strong.

A castle was built near this by Henry VIII., and its establishment in that monarch's reign was, a captain, at 4s.

In what reign was the first bay-leaf, rewarding the first poet of English song, authoritatively conferred?

Nearly every reign and every romantic hero was the subject of one or more "monographs," among which Mme de La Fayette's "Princesse de Clèves" takes a prominent place.

The reign of the Directory, therefore is that of Romances à la Radcliffe, as well as of Sauces à la Provençale.

This event had been anticipated for nearly a year; he had declined gradually, and the affairs of the Government have been for some time almost wholly directed by Monsieur, who on his accession to the throne has declared that his reign would be only a continuation of that of the late King.

Eulchi's brief reign of three years was a succession of misfortunes.

Yet Saturn mutilated his father, and his reign was the Golden Age.

His reign was an epoch; it was not only one of the longest in human annals, but also one of the most brilliant, imposing, and interesting.

To my new prince I thus my homage pay; Your reign is short, young king Zemp.

His reign was thirty years, and o'er the earth He spread the blessings of paternal sway; Wild animals, obsequious to his will, Assembled round his throne, and did him homage.

For forty years his reign had been one long triumph.

His short reign was a sort of dictatorship.

But her reign was nevertheless a usurpation.