Drake, who never left the Pacific shores, named the country New Albion, from the whiteness of a headland on the coast; but the first viceroys were less ridiculously misled by patriotic vanity when they christened it New Spain.
The telegraph has already made viceroys of the ancient kind impossible.
In short, as no one can or does speak to the king or his viceroys except through a third party, they never tell the truth, and thus the whole country is in a state of infidelity and barbarism.
Wherefore the Very Greatest of All the Viceroys took another step in advance, and with it counsel of those who should have advised him on the appointment of a successor to Yardley- Orde.
The hereditary viceroys of Persia under the Arsacids, one and all, put the title "king" on their coins.
Cyaxares and his successor Astyages would have regarded Teispes and Cambyses merely as their viceroys over Persia, though they did not disturb the succession in the tribe of Achaemenes.
It was the viceroys in the districts of the East who rebelled against the Chalifate, and they found support in the population of their provinces.
I put my viceroys over them, who united the inhabitants of these regions with my kingdom; I imposed services upon them, and a fixed tribute.
As Cyaxares and Astyages followed Phraortes on the throne of Media, so did Teispes and Cambyses follow Achaemenes as his viceroys or vassal kings over Persia.
At the most, Assyrian fortresses were planted here and there; and no doubt Assyrian viceroys were placed over smaller regions.
Yet the old warlike families must have preserved a certain importance under the monarchy, unless they regained it when lost under the viceroys of the Achaemenids.
The last two Viceroys of the decade thus closed, form a marked contrast worthy of particular portraiture.
No wonder, then, that successive Viceroys shrank from nominating him to any of the mitres which death had emptied; "the original sin of his birth" was aggravated in their eyes by the actual sin of his patriotism.
Had the other viceroys been similarly minded and equally resolute, no attacks on missionaries would have been recorded throughout the Chinese Empire.
The Viceroys and Governors of provinces are commanded to order their subordinates to hasten the establishment of these schools.
It is customary for them, and for the viceroys or governors of the cities, to appear abroad from time to time in solemn procession.
The titles of their viceroys or governors, are varied according to the dignity and rank of the cities under their government.
As a perpetual reminder of this subordination, there appears to have been kept in the royal chancellery the formula of a letter addressed to all viceroys and captains-general.
The viceroys had nominal power, but it was exercised only on the common folk and not on the powerful, whom no one dared to accuse or to bear witness against.
In the social hierarchy the viceroys and captains-general stood next to the king as representing, in their respective governments, the royal person.
All the viceroys have recognized these impediments to justice, for these people only seek exemption from the secular courts in order to be free to commit crimes.
The viceroys were appointed by the king and removable by him at pleasure.
Viceroys who had been in office a few years, went back to Spain with princely fortunes.
This effective carpet with the white edge has figured a good deal lately in various ceremonies; the Prince and Princess went up and down it, and Viceroys and Vicereines, and many Generals and Maharajahs.
No one obtained a post without paying dearly for it, except the viceroys of Mexico and Peru, who were grandees, and received their places through favour at court.
The offices in the interior were in the gift of the viceroys and sold to the highest bidder.
Several of the viceroys have taken measures against them, and General Nieh is preparing to attack them.
The nine Yangtze viceroys are strongly opposed to the association.
When Doctor Santiago de Vera came by command of your Majesty to establish the Audiencia in this country, he set up for himself a seat of honor in the church, as the viceroys do.
The vessels brought seven mandarins, some of the greatest viceroys or governors of their provinces.
They leave China with the permission and license of the Chinese viceroys and mandarins.
The treasurer and his substitute shall not export or import merchandise to those islands, nor from them to Nueva España, the viceroys imposing the penalties that they shall deem fit.
It used to be sent by the viceroys as a valued present to the kings of Spain.
But the truth of the matter is this,--under the government of the viceroys all books, except those of a monkish religion, were jealously excluded from these countries.
The great viceroys of Mexico and Peru held court in grand state, and lived in the midst of barbaric pomp and luxury.
He says: "In no kingdom or province of the Spanish crown do the viceroys or governors enjoy greater privileges, superiority, and grandeur than in Filipinas.
It is certain that the viceroys appoint very suitable persons, and will always do so, since they rely on their honor; and the commander does not care to overload the vessels, since he is not interested in the freight charges.
Law LXXVI We charge and order the viceroys of Perú to see that all the ordinances in regard to the prohibition of Chinese stuffs be fulfilled and executed exactly.
Thus shall the viceroys of Nueva España provide, unless they perceive some considerable objection.
In no kingdom or province of the Spanish crown do the viceroys or governors enjoy greater privileges, superiority, and grandeur than in Filipinas.
Consequently, I again petition your Majesty in the same terms as in that letter, to be pleased to endow these islands with the said sum, so that it may not be at the will of the viceroys of Nueva España to discontinue sending it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "viceroys" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
