Crown-jewels Sentence Examples

His prestige as a minister, already injured by these two blows, suffered further during the autumn and winter from the cattledriving agitation in Ireland, which he at first feebly criticized and finally strongly denounced, but which his refusal to utilize the Crimes Act made him powerless to stop by the processes of the "ordinary law"; and the scandal arising out of the theft of the Dublin crown jewels in the autumn of 1907 was a further blot on the Irish administration.

Henry received the proffered assistance gratefully, and in return for the king's kindness subsequently left by his will certain British crown jewels in his possession to the prince regent.

It weighs 1944 carats, is of a somewhat yellow tinge, and is among the Russian crown jewels.

The Regent or Pitt diamond is a magnificent stone found in either India or Borneo; it weighed 410 carats and was bought for £20,400 by Pitt, the governor of Madras; it was subsequently, in 1717, bought for £80,000 (or, according to some authorities, £ 135,000) by the duke of Orleans, regent of France; it was reduced by cutting to '3614 carats; was stolen with the other crown jewels during the Revolution, but was recovered and is still in France.

It was stolen from the French crown jewels with the Regent and was never recovered.

Although she showed great tact in her dealings with the queen, Catherine drove her from the court after Henry's death, and forced her to restore the crown jewels and to accept Chaumont in exchange for Chenonceaux.

Other symbols - such as the Crown Jewels and coronation regalia - are unique objects which exert a powerful fascination.

Also lodged in the Tower are the Crown Jewels including all the regalia used by British monarchs at their coronation.

However, following the age-old beauty advice that green eyes benefit from browns and lavenders, I selected Expert Wear Eye Shadow Trio in the shade Crown Jewels for my review.

The blue sapphire is also used in much of the British Crown jewels and was the stone selected for the engagement ring that British Prince Charles gave Princess Diana.

The Asscher brother's famous diamond cut helped increase the success of the Royal Asscher Diamond Company, which went on to create Asscher diamonds for crown jewels.

He was commissioned by King Edward VII to cut the 3,015 carat Cullinan diamond which later became a part of the British crown jewels.

The Asscher Diamond Company cut many noteworthy diamonds, including the Excelsior diamond and the Cullinan diamond, which is one of the British Crown Jewels.

The Asscher Diamond Company cut many historic diamonds, such as the Cullinan diamond, a 3,106 carat diamond that is now one of the British Crown Jewels and the 995 carat Excelsior diamond.

One of the crown jewels in VH1's dizzyingly successful Celebreality franchise, Flavor of Love has spawned many imitators - not to mention a seemingly never ending run of spin offs - but some may say that the original is still the best.