crowning stroke
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To this condensed account of Byron’s strategy we must add the crowning stroke of policy which transmitted this warfare to his friends, to be continued after his death.
From Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
This marriage was the crowning stroke of Wordsworth's felicity—the poetic recompense for his steady advocacy of all simple and noble things.
From Wordsworth by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)
The arrangement of the Mounteney property was the crowning stroke of Mr. Stapylton Toad's professional celebrity.
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
This was vexing enough, but in the particular circumstances it was a crowning stroke of misfortune.
From Round the World in Seven Days by Strang, Herbert
At which crowning stroke of misfortune,—the timepiece must have slipped from his pocket into the water while he was tinkering with that infamous carbureter,—Maitland turned eloquently red in the face.
From The Brass Bowl by Vance, Louis Joseph
