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Almost every authority has a favorite point in time for his habitat; but these dates, not so far apart but that he may well have been reigning in both, will do as well as another.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth

Would have been reigning now if old Kaiser Wilhelm had not played Aaron's serpent and gobbled up all the little kings.

From Frances Waldeaux by Davis, Rebecca Harding

And this is the date when we know from Beowulf that they should have been reigning.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.

Israel was united under her early kings; Saul or David or possibly even Solomon may have been reigning.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Had he fulfilled the contract made with her, he might have had many sons and daughters, and the House of Tudor might have been reigning over England at this day.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 by Various