The state had grown up around a sanctuary, the god of which was nominally its ruler, the human patesi being his viceregent. |
Do you call God's viceregent upon earth, you old demi-stitching, demi-praying fool, an infidel dog? |
That descendant of old Agnes is most certainly the devil, or at least his viceregent. |
Upon David's throne will sit this prince of David as viceregent. |
It seemed to him impossible that the intercession of the viceregent of God and the power of his prayer should be without effect. |
Vasco da Gama immediately invoked his high viceregent powers to impose a new order in Portuguese India, replacing all the old officials with his own appointments. |