kingmaker

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But they fail not, the kinglier breed,   Who starry diadems attain; To dungeon, axe, and stake succeed   Heirs of the old heroic strain.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

"Ah, wait," said Jean-aux-Choux—"wait till you have seen him on a battle-front, and you will be sure that, for all his faults, there never was a more manly man or a kinglier king!"

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

And deeper joy, serener faith, Spring forth the golden crowns to grasp, While death, the monarch, gently lay’th Upon their brows a kinglier clasp.

From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various

Had he sentHis hundred thousand kernes to yonder steepAnd rolled its boulders down, and built a moleTo fence my laden ships from spring-tide surge,Far kinglier pattern had he shown, and givenMore solace to the land.”

From The Legends of Saint Patrick by De Vere, Aubrey

As the spectator stands midway between the two busts, at some distance from both, Irving has the larger and the kinglier air, and the face of Astor seems small and set.

From Famous Americans of Recent Times by Parton, James