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He was the genius of innovation, the architect of ruin, the inaugurator of anarchy.

From Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters by Fitzhugh, George

Patroness of parturition, Pray make this a special mission; Prove a kind inaugurator Of my votive incubator!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917 by Various

After a time Dryden went back to Shakespeare, after a fashion already set by Sir William Davenant, the connecting link with the older tragedy and the inaugurator of the new.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

The multitudinous philosophies may thus be reduced to a single quaternion, and the reputed inaugurator of a new philosophy is like to be a charlatan.

From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)

Theophile Gautier's words should prove to the modern reader, the debt of gratitude he owes to the inaugurator of a completely original system of fiction.

From Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings by Sandars, Mary F. (Mary Frances)