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He is the Warwick of modern times; he makes and unmakes kings, sceptral and financial.

From The Voice in the Fog by MacGrath, Harold

"La famille c'est moi" appeared to be his tacit formula, and he carried his umbrella—he had very bad ones, Gaston thought—with something of a sceptral air.

From The Reverberator by James, Henry

Ere Owen and Robert had helped the other two ladies to land in a more rational manner, she was shaking her mischievous head at a window, and thrusting in her sceptral reed-mace.

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary