The good dame, too, had the satisfaction of no longer hearing her son made the theme of censure; on the contrary, he grew daily in public esteem; every body spoke well of him and his wines, and the lordliest burgomaster was never known to decline his invitation to dinner.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
They cleansed out the great hall, hung it with lordly trappings, and made it once more fit habitation for the lordliest in the land.
"A Book of Myths"
Jean Lang
Be calm, thou guardian sky,- The lordliest dust of earth is passing by!
"Pan and Aeolus: Poems"
Charles Hamilton Musgrove