misrule

Example Sentences

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Simon Callow narrates Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule, a look at the career of the late comic, while Mrs Brown's Boys returns for a two-part special.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2014

He became known as the King of the Bean because of how he was chosen and also as the Lord of Misrule due to the mayhem that occurred while he presided over Carnival.

From Scientific American • Mar. 4, 2014

"Lord of Misrule" is a very good indie press novel with no topical concerns and somewhat stereotyped characters but contains award-worthy sentences.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2011

Karen Tei Yamashita's novel about Asian-Americans, I Hotel, and Jaimy Gordon's Lord of Misrule, which is set among horse trainers in West Virginia, are the remaining candidates.

From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2010

On the 12th of January, 1627, the Templars, having chosen a Mr. Palmer as their Lord of Misrule, went out late at night into Fleet Street to collect his rents.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter