Dominion

Examples

• But being neglected by Sweden, it was soon swallowed up by the Dutch colony of New York, which again, in 1674, fell under the dominion of the English. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Another, to respect more the property of private persons under conquest, and to be content with acquired dominion. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• For a time they shared a common dread of French conquest and dominion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• South Italy and Sicily, however, remained under foreign dominion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• How much time she might, in her own fancy, allot for its dominion, is another concern. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Under the present system of management, therefore, Great Britain derives nothing but loss from the dominion which she assumes over her colonies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• What, if the more potent of these fraternal deities should obtain dominion over it? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I tell you, I will be king in my own domains, and nowhere else; and my first act of dominion shall be to hang the Abbot. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The enormous importance of such a machine began to be appreciated at the beginning of the century, and it set cotton up as a King whose dominion has extended across the seas. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• For some generations Alexander the Great was for mankind the symbol and embodiment of world order and world dominion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The government of that country, at that time under the dominion of Spain, prohibited, in return, the importation of English woollens. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• They seldom acknowledged themselves subject to the dominion of the mother city. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Here commences a new dominion acquired with a title by divine right. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• With animals I feel I am Adam's son, the heir of him to whom dominion was given over 'every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• God made him to have dominion over the works of his hands, and put all things under his feet. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Ferguson said, further, that the Pope permits no ancient work of this kind to leave his dominions. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It presently dawned upon Mr. Briggs as a richly coloured and creditable fact he had hitherto not observed, that the sun never set on his dominions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Many of their dominions were less both in size and value than the larger estates of the British nobility. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In Britain, England carried on her back the Hanoverian dominions in Germany, Scotland, the profoundly alien Welsh and the hostile and Catholic Irish. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But it must be observed, that this island cannot move beyond the extent of the dominions below, nor can it rise above the height of four miles. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Let those who went up through Spain make the best of it --these dominions of the Emperor of Morocco suit our little party well enough. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It looked an insignificant thing to have conferred upon the world of science and mechanics such a mighty extension of their dominions as it has. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• By the terms of this peace, all Sicily, except for the dominions of Hiero of Syracuse, became an estate of the Roman people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The dominions of the emperor Tai-tsung (627), the second Tang monarch, extended southward into Annam and westward to the Caspian Sea. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Two from the outer world are at large within the dominions of the therns. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• They universally, therefore, established the reformation in their own dominions. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Usurpers, rebellious generals, and false prophets seemed to have vanished from the Moslem dominions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They established dominions of a similar sort. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But I had another reason, which made me less forward to enlarge his majesty's dominions by my discoveries. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• The dominions of the Duke of Normandy, for example, were more extensive and more powerful than the patrimony of Hugh Capet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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