All 3 Uses of
reign
in
Bleak House
- As substitutes, I had four angels, of Queen Anne's reign, taking a complacent gentleman to heaven, in festoons, with some difficulty; and a composition in needlework representing fruit, a kettle, and an alphabet.†
Chpt 4-6
- Such stillness and composure reigned within the orderly precincts of the old red wall that even the feathers hung in garlands to scare the birds hardly stirred; and the wall had such a ripening influence that where, here and there high up, a disused nail and scrap of list still clung to it, it was easy to fancy that they had mellowed with the changing seasons and that they had rusted and decayed according to the common fate.†
Chpt 16-18
- In this society, and where not, my Lady Dedlock reigns supreme.†
Chpt 28-30 *
Definition:
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(reign as in: She reigned over England) rule (like that of a king or queen); or the time during which one ruled