We are closer to some others, to people such as Mr Thomas Hardy, even though he stopped in full flight and gathered himself together only to produce the dynasts in a medium which is not quite the one he was born to.
"A Novelist on Novels"
W. L. George
The good sword of Frederick the Great asserted his claims with such results that, except Napoleon, no ruler ever since has disputed the right of the Hohenzollern to rank amongst the dynasts of Europe.
"German Problems and Personalities"
Charles Sarolea
For they have been pre-eminently the men of prey amongst modern dynasts.
"German Problems and Personalities"
Charles Sarolea