Even these questions were themselves only symbolical of a still greater one, of a paramount question which was never put into words: the question whether England or Spain was to have the ascendent in the new world across the Atlantic.
"A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)"
Justin McCarthy
So far the star of La Bourdonnais was in the ascendent; but the terms which he exacted from the conquered town were, by their very moderation, the means of his undoing.
"A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)"
Justin McCarthy
At that epoch, his star rising to the ascendent and Fame flitting before him as a will-o'-the-wisp urging him on, he met one of New York's most beautiful young matrons-Mme.
"Edgar Saltus: The Man"
Marie Saltus