Dominions

Examples

• 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.
• How can it be supposed that he should be the only rich man in his dominions who is insensible to pleasures of this kind? Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• As Frederick II remained evasive, Gregory IX excommunicated him, proclaimed a crusade against him, and invaded his dominions in Italy (1228). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Very well,' said the magistrate, drawing himself up proudly, 'it shall not be violated in this portion of his dominions. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• They even put a policeman on board of our boat to keep an eye on us as long as we were in the Capri dominions. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In some parts of the British dominions, what is called a house may be built by one day's labour of one man. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• By this oblique motion, the island is conveyed to different parts of the monarch's dominions. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• They were taught to do so, it may very safely be presumed, by the clergy of his own dominions. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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