| 单词 | arrogate |
| 例句 | They are truly generative, an apt term for a novel that queries a selfish inventor, his damaged creature and science’s threat to arrogate creation to itself. The Mother of Frankenstein 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Success has either earned him that right, or else he arrogated it to himself. Celine’s New Wave Man 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z The Times, in its annotated version of the impeachment articles, wrote that the phrase “sought to arrogate to himself the right” speaks to the “separation of powers.” “Arrogate” and Other Pesky Impeachment Words 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z His followers, as expositors of God’s word, arrogated immense powers to themselves; in 1979 one of them, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, turned Iran into a theocracy. Powers of persuasion 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Steeped in the spirit of 1970s social commentary, this show examines more acutely than ever before the psychic price women pay when their drive, intelligence and energy are arrogated to male ambition. Critic?s Notebook: My Wives Don?t Understand Me 2011-01-13T22:48:25Z Today, we have a priest who has disbanded the pastoral council and arrogated governance to himself and his staff. 3 ways we can bring Seattle parishioners back to Mass | Op-Ed 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z "It can only happen through a Supreme Court decision. Otherwise no political party can arrogate themselves that right or power. It’s wishful thinking." Sierra Leone's main opposition party demands rerun of general election 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z “We hold only that state courts may not transgress the ordinary bounds of judicial review such that they arrogate to themselves the power vested in state legislatures to regulate federal elections.” Supreme Court Rejects Theory That Would Have Transformed American Elections 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z “What is remarkable about the challenged statute and rules is not that they address medical treatments with both risks and benefits but that they arrogate to the state the right to make the decision.” Federal judge blocks Florida ban on medicalized gender transition for children 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z “Xi is back, and he has wasted no time in arrogating more powers to himself,” said Willy Wo-Lap Lam, a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, who studies Chinese politics. After China’s Winter of Discontent, Xi Jinping Sets Sights on Growth and Power 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z The historical term “Republic of China” should never be arrogated by the People’s Republic of China, which has never ruled Taiwan. Opinion | Taking sides in Taiwan 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z “Shortly thereafter, John embarked on a series of steps to arrogate to himself complete control over Mr. Angelos’ assets. Orioles CEO sued by brother over control of team 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z The report added that the investigation had cycled out of the headlines as Giuliani arrogated the leading role in Trump's challenges to his defeat. Rudy Giuliani's quixotic frenzy has observers wondering if he may need Trump's protection 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z When these jurists — all appointed by Republican presidents — arrogated the rights of millions of voters, they branded the court as just one more institution where political allegiance eclipsed principle. Opinion | Bush v. Gore, not the Bork affair, is what broke the court 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z While Europa Clipper’s development has proceeded apace, however, the SLS rocket has remained mired in setbacks and was arrogated by the Artemis lunar program instigated by the Trump administration. NASA Has Committed to a Rocket for the Europa Mission—and It Won’t Be Ready on Time 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Last week the government arrogated to itself powers to designate individuals as terrorists. Humiliating Kashmir is part of Modi’s plan to remake India | Kapil Komireddi 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z And it will be because he and people like him still arrogantly arrogate unto themselves, as if handed down from the very hand of God, the right to determine who “we” is. What do we mean by ‘we’? 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z At the time I called this “caesarism” — an attempt to arrogate to the imperial presidency the kind of power over domestic policy that it already claims over foreign and military affairs. Opinion | The Limp Caudillo 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z After Cromwell, England became a place where lay power trumped religious authority, and Parliament ultimately arrogated the job of determining the official doctrine and liturgy of the kingdom. Review | The many mysteries of the powerful and deadly Thomas Cromwell 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z To Covington & Burling, the answer was clear: it lay with Congress, and, if Trump arrogated that power to himself, the firm was prepared to take on a lawsuit pro bono. Why Two Chefs in Small-Town Utah Decided to Sue President Trump 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The Legislature’s power of the purse ought not to be arrogated by the judicial branch - even with good intentions. Montana Editorial Roundup 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z He had arrogated to himself the privilege to call, and to assume the president would take his call. John Scalzi on the famously curmudgeonly and irascible Harlan Ellison 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z But this tendency to arrogate power away from the family is not just an issue for extreme medical cases. Opinion | Alfie Evans and the Experts 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z The US still arrogates to itself the title of champion of oppressed nations. Filipinos Get a Glimpse of Their Ruined City. The Chinese Get the Contract. 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The rapid team collapse was head-spinning news not only in Australia but also among worldwide fans of cricket, a sport that arrogates to itself a particular moral sanctimony. Cricket Hero Breaks Down in Tears on TV Over Cheating 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Rather than arrogating naming rights to themselves, professional ecologists should recruit poets and cognitive linguists and amateur nature lovers to help them find the words for what they cherish. Forget ‘the environment’: we need new words to convey life’s wonders | George Monbiot 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z It’s hard not to see this as part of an ongoing campaign by the political right to arrogate or neuter entirely the language of politics and social grievance. Will someone tell Ben Carson slaves were not immigrants 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z In July, the FBI director arrogated to himself the right to decide whether a “reasonable prosecutor” would bring Mrs. Clinton’s case to trial, a decision that belonged to the Justice Department. Resign, Mr. Comey 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z They are not to arrogate to themselves the choices made by the Justice Department and honored over the years. James Comey is damaging our democracy 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z “Yet in this case, Congress arrogated that power to itself.” Supreme Court allows families of terrorism victims to collect Iranian assets 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z By ruling that the Constitution requires the states to follow a one-person, one-vote principle, Thomas writes, “the Court has arrogated to the Judiciary important value judgments that the Constitution reserves to the people.” The Supreme Court Extremism of Clarence Thomas and Chuck Grassley 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z “By arrogating to himself the power to overturn that decision, Justice Breyer does not just reject the death penalty, he rejects the Enlightenment,” Scalia wrote. Supreme Court upholds lethal injection procedure 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Such a gesture might be directed at China, which Rubio accused of arrogating territory near Japan and the Philippines. Marco Rubio says US not the 'world police' but must intervene more 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Among them: the “tradition” of a region arrogantly arrogating unto itself the right to decide whether and when it will obey federal authority. Alabama is on the wrong side of history ... again 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z By arrogating to himself a power to rewrite laws, a president violates his duty of faithful execution and infringes on Congress’s lawmaking prerogatives. Federal courts need to stop Obama from flouting the Constitution At least that didn’t happen; but Congress has usurped too much power from the voters, arrogating to itself powers we citizens never had a right to delegate to it even if we had wanted to. State Of The Union Address Power Grab? Congress Can Blame Itself 2014-01-28T22:26:00Z Chief among Mr Chang's charges: that he had challenged his country's leadership, arrogated control of economic, judicial and security affairs to himself, and tried to form his own rival faction within the ruling Workers' Party. What does purge say about North Korea's stability? 2013-12-09T10:30:38Z "Because the NSA sweeps up judicial and congressional communications, it inappropriately arrogates exceptional power to the executive branch," says the petition. US privacy group challenging NSA and FBI collection of phone records 2013-07-08T17:34:11Z Rather than allowing the voters to decide who’s fit to sit in parliament, Hasan adds, the judges are arrogating that right to themselves. Putting Pakistan's Politicians to a Piety Test: Are You Muslim Enough? 2013-04-08T07:05:21Z She said such authority would be “a stunning power for an agency to arrogate to itself”. EPA Fights Back over Mountaintop Mining 2012-10-16T22:15:00.283Z Mr. Morsi also nullified a constitutional declaration, issued by the military before he was elected, that eviscerated the powers of the presidency and arrogated to the military the right to pass laws. Egyptian Leader Ousts Military Chief 2012-08-12T16:30:11Z Judge Jackson said that the E.P.A.’s action in rescinding the permit was “a stunning power for an agency to arrogate to itself” that the law did not support. Green Blog: E.P.A. Appeals Coal Mine Ruling 2012-05-14T19:33:53Z The future, really, now, the very immediate future, must be flung to chance; it was hopeless to arrogate to her forethought the determination of it; besides, here was New York already. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z The right to abrogate any laws which impeded the freest exercise of the powers of the Inquisition was likewise arrogated on both sides of the Alps. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z You, then, from obedience to Jehovah, rejected Jesus as an impostor, and considered him as arrogating to himself Divine honor, and finally put him to death. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z One result of this humiliating and disastrous war was the strengthening of the hands of the anti-Orange burgher-regents, who had now arrogated to themselves the name of “patriots.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Judge Jackson said the action was “a stunning power for an agency to arrogate to itself” that the law did not support. Court Reverses E.P.A., Saying Big Mining Project Can Proceed 2012-03-24T01:05:22Z The clergy of only two communions seek to thwart them in this object, and to arrogate all power over the schools to themselves. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z At no point did Christ exalt Himself, or arrogate the glory once renounced. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z He preaches humility and meekness, and soon we perceive him arrogating divine honors, and calling those, who came before him, robbers and thieves. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z To government and statesmanship its leading minds gave much attention, for only thus could they retain in national affairs the supremacy which they arrogated to themselves and which was necessary to preserve their peculiar institution. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z Nothing more was wanting to the ambition of the bishops of Rome, to advance the right they arrogated of dictating to their brethren, and to declare themselves the monarchs of the Christian church. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z As a result, the Norwegian aristocracy arrogated to itself a great measure of independence. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z They arrogate to themselves now a right of paying domiciliary visits without search-warrants, of forcing open a person's door whensoever the outrage may suit their whim. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z "You, who have never played a father's part, who have never guided or guarded, fostered or cherished her--do not think, sir, that you can in a moment arrogate to yourself a father's authority." Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The white people had arrogated to themselves the right of exclusive control of public affairs. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z Of all the vain assumptions of these coxcombical times, that which arrogates the pre-eminence in the true science of gardening is the vainest.... Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z Or was she to arrogate to herself the privilege of being the only thief? Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z These did not fail soon to pour in: the Saxon clergy, over whom he had arrogated a right of investiture, appeared as his principal accusers. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z The judges are not elected representatives of the people and they are arrogating power to themselves as if they are the only sanctimonious institution in the country. Pakistan High Court Widens Role and Stirs Fears 2012-01-23T02:10:51Z That these functions were capable of being described in the terms employed was, we felt, no reason for arrogating high places to ourselves. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z I arrogate no great merit to myself in still preserving myself untainted in this vortex of folly and vice. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z He complain’d in general Terms of the Emperor, for arrogating to himself those Prerogatives relating to the Dominions of Parma, which were only due to the Holy See. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z But Massood arrogated even these rights to himself, and the helpless successor of the Prophet was obliged to submit to the indignity which he could not prevent. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z France, he added, did not arrogate to herself the right to regulate interests which belonged to the Roman people and extended to the whole Christian world. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z I found to my regret no trace of Christianity, but a system of the grossest idolatry substituted for it, and arrogating its name. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z The most numerous is that of the peasants, who, however, meddle but little with the cultivation of the soil, but have arrogated to themselves the exclusive and hereditary possession of all employments, lay or ecclesiastical. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z While the whole theory of our government is hostile to special privilege, the church arrogates to itself the right to be made an exception, and to become a particular pet. Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice 2011-12-24T03:08:02.973Z Gregorio Leti is right in attributing all the evils that have since arisen from the excessive authority which the priests have arrogated over laymen, to this conduct of Philip II. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z For all his humility and deference there was a note of pride in his tone that jarred on the ear of the man who arrogated to himself the attributes of a god. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z He wished to see all important matters of dispute referred to Rome; appeals were to be addressed to himself, and he arrogated the right of legislation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The priest, in fact, arrogated to himself the power of the Deity. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z In all times there have been people who felt the futility of the titles upon which the priests have arrogated the right of enslaving the understandings of men, and of subjugating and despoiling nations. Letters To Eugenia Or, A Preservative Against Religious Prejudices 2011-11-24T03:00:47.570Z It is from these pretences, that the popes have impudently arrogated the power of disposing of crowns, of exciting insurrections and wars, and of deciding upon the rights of sovereigns and people. Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul 2011-11-24T03:00:45.230Z The head of a college-department introduce as "Professor"—and it is to them only that the title properly belongs, though arrogated by all sorts of public exhibitors, mesmerists and jugglers included. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z The people which arrogates the right to choose its ruler has ever been considered a sort of pirate among the nations, and fair game for more powerful states. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z The Curators, or a majority of them, did not dream of arrogating to themselves the power of lending, and they, as well as the applicant, assume as self-evident that books could not be borrowed. Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts 2011-10-27T02:00:27.377Z The ablest writers have maintained that society has not the right of life and death, and whoever arrogates that power commits a “divine lèse majesté.” Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z Among the privileges which the popes arrogated was the right to arbitrate the controversies which arose between independent sovereignties. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z It has been difficult accordingly for that type of Americans who arrogated tacitly, but nevertheless plainly, the prerogatives of social importance, to take an active part in the responsibilities of citizenship. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z Reason had already been hurled from her throne by the arrogated sway of the incensed devils of debauch, and strength and consciousness had been expatriated by the usurpation; while life was all but extinguished. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z It struck me that she arrogated altogether too much holiness to herself, and that a little charity and loving-kindness would not be out of place in her moral make-up. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z By this assumption of the duty of management, these servants of these nobles arrogated to themselves the right to govern and command the people living upon the estates, without any appointment from the government itself. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z Henry at first treated this display of arrogated divinity with scornful indifference, but his vices had too much disembarrassed the action of the papal machinery not to allow it to disable his power and revenge. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z By this prerogative, he arrogates a power to dispense with the laws of God also, in pardoning murderers, &c. which no man hath power to do; the law of God being so peremptorily indispensible. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z However, we will not arrogate to ourselves the censorship of his motives, but simply confine ourselves to a recordance of events. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z Actuated by this honourable motive, she at length yielded, after solemnly protesting that she did not, and never would, acknowledge the authority which Elizabeth arrogated over her. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:23.870Z The electors or representatives of an assembly should obey their conscience alone: they should repel all pressure, as well that from committees arrogating omnipotence, as from the power itself. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Infallibility is inconsistent with change of principle or error of conduct, and when the Church of Rome arrogates such a divine attribute, she avers that her past history indicates her present character and future intentions. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Korah and his company arrogated to themselves the office of the priesthood, this power was prohibited to them, their power then was a nullity. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z Man is only responsible for his opinions to God, because God only can judge of his motives, and we arrogate his duties if we judge of men's sentiments. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z Have not men arrogated to themselves the right of free choice? Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z To that narrow school there existed but two categories of men and women, the Christians and the Worldlings, and those who pertained to it arrogated to themselves the former title. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z I do not arrogate to myself any popish right or power to enforce my opinions upon the notice of any human being but myself. Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity 2011-07-04T02:00:24.763Z For his arrogantly arrogated supremacy in all causes civil and ecclesiastic, and oppressing the godly for conscience and duty. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z He arrogated to himself a rank, when one met him, that he was not allowed to assume in his own country. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z Do not think that I arrogate the right or ability to instruct you. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z It is apparent that Moses had a direct interest in the destruction of these men, who wished to share the power he had arrogated to himself. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z Napoleon, however, found these powers insufficient, and arrogated to himself others, a fact which the Senate did not forget when it proclaimed his downfall. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z On the whole, the superiority which the female middle-class is disposed to arrogate to itself over that of a higher rank, is just about equally great as it is questionable. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z He was the autocrat of the county in political and social affairs—one of those men who really know a great deal, but who arrogate more. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z Smile, if you will, at my presumption in arrogating the place of a feminine Arnold von Winkelried, breaking a path for our spiritual freedom through the lances of contempt and prejudice. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z All before that time is founded on poetical embellishment, the speculations of theorists, or national vanity arrogating to itself a Trojan, a Grecian, or even a divine original. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z I am not come of a stock so distinguished that I can arrogate to myself the defence of my order. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Here, the Obama administration is arrogating unto the President the unilateral, unrestrained right to start wars in all circumstances, whether or not the U.S. is attacked. Obama's new view of his own war powers 2011-03-31T17:32:00Z From the foot of the Cross there arose and went out into the world a womanhood that did not demand, or claim, or threaten, or arrogate; a womanhood renouncing, yielding, loving, and, therefore, conquering. Anti-Suffrage Essays 2011-03-28T02:00:24.710Z Indeed; and your Eminence must recall how lacking in respect to you the reverend Father Morlet was, who arrogated to himself the chairmanship of our meeting. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z How can you, who condemn others that covet honors in this world, arrogate such distinguished ones to yourself in the next? Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Rome, so long the "mistress of the world" in secular affairs, arrogated to herself a pre-eminence in church matters, and the bishop of Rome claimed supremacy. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z She arrogated to herself all the incense around her; and, in point of adulation, she was like the daughter of the horse-leech, whose cry was, "give! give!" The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z The Obama administration has arrogated to itself the right to engage in a whole range of actions it would deem unacceptable if used by our adversaries. The War Presidents 2011-01-30T04:40:18Z "To-morrow rebellious subjects will arrogate to themselves the right to summon their King before them to trial," murmured Louis, without noticing Lebrenn's question. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z It is easy to arrogate to yourself a claim to superior knowledge in the face of such general ignorance. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z The English House of Lords arrogated to itself the jurisdiction of final appeal. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z For what is the common property of all, no individual may arrogate to himself, unless he be called. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z I think, your ladyship, we shall best forget the distresses of our present situation by arrogating to ourselves the grandeur of our former state. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z They arrogated to themselves the right to vote the taxes, and declared that if the royal authority should order them to dissolve, they would not be responsible for the outcome. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The same thing must befall all men who, through pride and ambition, presume to arrogate to themselves any of those things which are God's. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z The desire to arrogate to mankind alone all the higher faculties either of sense or intellect has probably much to do with the current disinclination towards the Darwinian idea of sexual selection. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z It is a wonder these blind and overbearing men missed the opportunity of arrogating a despotic power to themselves from the promise of baptism. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z The free and open market was made a national monopoly, and British subjects arrogated to themselves all the exclusive privileges which had been "most mistakenly" reserved to themselves by other nations. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z If they ever became a real distinction and variety of life, if they arrogated to themselves an absolute liberty, they would shatter the unity of the democratic spirit and destroy its moral authority. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z Therefore, as self-love is natural to us all, we must reverse that, and offer to God that which we unjustly arrogate to ourselves, by loving him as we have hitherto loved ourselves. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Now words had been the greatest concern of his "A," or Age Memory, and words, it must be admitted, have arrogated to themselves the lion's share of this strange faculty that we call remembering. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z In fine, they have drawn out of this passage whatever they pleased, as men who might arrogate to themselves the free will to prove anything whatever from any words of Christ, no matter where found. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z Prior to that event, his opposers denied his prerogatives and rights as Creator, Lawgiver and Ruler, and arrogated them for creatures. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z And the British and U.S. governments have quietly arrogated to themselves, in the name of ‘security,’ the power to monitor all this, including your e-mails and mobile phone calls.” Letter From Europe: A New Generation Takes Leadership From the Baby Boomers 2010-10-08T11:41:00Z For he that arrogates anything to himself, esteems himself to be something; and is, therefore, the farthest removed from divine grace and from this new creation. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z And the British and American governments have quietly arrogated to themselves, in the name of "security", the power to monitor all this, including your emails and mobile phone calls. Enjoy the film. Then try Facebook's real challenge: restoring your privacy 2010-10-06T19:05:00Z That's how I saw it, anyway -- the rote tedium of preparing omelets and doodling in the margins of the flight plan at long last arrogated by something exciting, dammit. Professional jealousy? Really? 2010-10-05T01:01:00Z Accordingly, he arrogated the name, power, prerogatives, works, relations and government of Jehovah. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z Critics say the ban violates human rights to freedom of speech and expression and arrogates too much power for the state. France Nears a Ban on Facial Veils in Public 2010-07-13T18:16:00Z You may arrogate to yourself a certain authority where my money is concerned, but in the matter of choosing my friends I demand absolute liberty. Capricious Caroline At this period, infidelity had become the distinction of all who arrogated to themselves intellectual accomplishment. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 "But you don't see the point!" he arrogated through his tears, because I made rather less noise. Witching Hill When the rights of the Colonies were infringed by assumptions of arrogated power on the part of mother Britain, Mr. Rodney was among the first who took a bold stand in favor of justice. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution That cannot screen his faults; nor can it arrogate to itself, it must be content to share, his glory. Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. "But what I mean is that, if she isn't going to advance quite definitely, there really isn't any longer an excuse for her to arrogate to herself a special code of behavior." Sinister Street, vol. 2 But far from Christian hearts be that blasphemous name, in which the honour of all Priests is taken away, while it is madly arrogated by one to himself! The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries He arrogates to himself the attributes of traveling royalty. The Key to Yesterday And are these the rabble that are trying to arrogate to themselves the leadership of the German people?--rabble who ignore the Deity, the human soul, and morality generally! The Progressionists, and Angela. It was because the function belonged to all, that no man might arrogate it who was not commissioned to act on behalf of all. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus Meanwhile she stood where people who arrogate to themselves the liberty of defying the law cannot reasonably complain of standing—in the dock. The Great Miss Driver And you profit in the degree that you do not study to arrogate to yourself by derogating from your brethren. The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries The first is from “Sensibility,” a poem in which she claims for that quality the place which Mrs. Grenville, in a then well-known ode, arrogated for “Indifference.” Lives of Celebrated Women "That, se�or, is doubtless one of the prerogatives arrogated to itself by tyranny," said Pike. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Who is he that arrogates to himself the right to slay where that right is of one alone? The White Shield The laws which apply to others do not apply to her, and the rights which she arrogates to herself to violate Right appertain to her alone. Above the Battle She was an opponent to the virago type of advocates of the emancipation of women who desired to arrogate to themselves what is by natural laws the domain of man. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Domitian was the first emperor who arrogated divine honours in his lifetime, and caused himself to be styled Our Lord and God in public documents. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" His teaching is delivered with an absolute authority that no man could possibly arrogate to himself. Some Essentials of Religion For he who censures the age, or any notable division of contemporary society, in verse, does in fact arrogate to himself an unappealable superiority. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 Two years later he arrogated to himself, alone, the title of sa�d, and in 996 he ventured a step further and assumed the title of m�lik karim, or king. Women of the Romance Countries (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 6 (of 10) The Master of Hungary arrogated to himself powers almost miraculous, and the people believed in him. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) In effect the State Council becomes the alter ego of, or a surrogate for, the National Assembly and arrogates to itself the constitutional prerogatives of the people and the elected legislature. Area Handbook for Bulgaria Keeping in view the short time we have possessed this land, we may fairly arrogate to ourselves what England has long claimed for herself, great "progress." The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. And so control fails just at the point where authority tends most to arrogate power to itself. The Irish Constitution Explained by Darrell Figgis Phaeton was skilled in astrology, from whence he arrogated to himself the title of the son of Apollo. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Meanwhile, his mother, with the aid of her minister, Theoktistus, arrogated to herself the sole direction of public business, and viewed with indifference her brother's corruption of the principles of her son. Women of Early Christianity All Frenchmen are brave; none can arrogate to themselves any prerogative of valour. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune But it is a fact that, if Society frowned on wives who arrogate to themselves the privileges both of young girls and of wives, the 85 custom would become stale and offensive. Maids Wives and Bachelors Yet, she reflected, it was only because he arrogated power to himself. Rose MacLeod Lastly, if Otto’s speech is offensive to him, he is one of the large class of unmanly and ungenerous dogs who arrogate and defile the name of manly. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) Without arrogating to myself any special merit or credit for taking this course, I wish that all people would do the same. From Bondage to Liberty in Religion A Spiritual Autobiography If mankind had not arrogated the privilege of being its ‘brother’s keeper,’ it would never have been forced to deny the fact. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part He has been accused, he was accused in his life-time, by bigoted Muhammadan writers, of arrogating to himself the attributes of the Almighty. Rulers of India: Akbar To forgive sins was indeed an attribute which no one, save the Eternal, could arrogate to himself. “—for she has loved much.” Mary Magdalen All Frenchmen are brave; none can arrogate to themselves any prerogative of valor. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 How have you used it, you who have arrogated to yourself the attributes of a vicegerent of God on earth? The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror Like other idolatries it may arrogate the name of ‘Religion,’ but it is simply downright pagan materialism, and its votaries of the nineteenth century should look back two thousand years, and renew the Panathenœa. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Before Albuquerque's arrival the Portuguese arrogated to themselves the right of seizing any ship which did not carry a license granted by the Portuguese authorities. Rulers of India: Albuquerque What authority they arrogated to themselves in this respect over the others, is plainly visible in their behavior toward Bern. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli The success of “Life in London,” which he 115 arrogated to himself, raised up a crop of enemies as well as friends, and he soon afterwards received his cong� from the proprietors of the Dispatch. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. It effectually deprived her of the lead in the councils of Europe which she had hitherto arrogated to herself, and so affected the whole course of continental politics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" He would not perhaps have arrogated so much, except to the woman by whom he believed himself beloved. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories What could they do with four millions of negroes arrogating equality with the whites? A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Because we have invented steam and electric cars, we must not arrogate to ourselves the discovery of speed. Ivory Apes and Peacocks It arrogated to itself all that was superior, and it exacted, and was invested with, a lordly deference. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times All had gone well with my flight; the masterful lady who had arrogated to herself the arrangement of the details gave me every confidence; and I saw myself already arriving at my uncle’s door. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) He did not arrogate conversation, but when led into it he spoke with ease, propriety, and manliness. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series In addition, as we youngsters played together about the decks, this Fred used to arrogate to himself always the position of leader and director. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Men of "high" estate also there are said to be who arrogate such a right to themselves. Woman under socialism Why should Englishmen submit uncomplainingly when Milwaukee and Duluth arrogate to themselves the privilege of sneering at them which was conceded originally and willingly enough to Cannes? The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations She is guilty of grossest intolerance, of deadliest hatred, of impurest motives––she, the self-constituted, self-endowed spiritual guide of mankind, arrogating to herself infallibility, superiority, supreme authority––yea, the very voice of God himself!” Carmen Ariza I am," Berkeley wrote Governor Stuyvesant of New Amsterdam, "but a servant of the assembly's; neither do they arrogate any power to themselves, further than the miserable distractions of England force them to. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 Thus the Church arrogated to itself the exclusive right to commit crime with impunity, and also claimed and exercised the right to prevent women from learning to read. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures But neither should arrogate the prerogative of the botanist, whose special function it is to inform us of its genesis and development, and its true relations to other forms of vegetable life. Arrows of Freethought Despite, however, the early period of the successful experiments of the Wrights and Professor Langley, it would be unjust for America to arrogate to herself entire priority in airplane invention. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons They arrogated to themselves all learning, all science. Carmen Ariza There seems something so ghastly, so spectral, in the mockery of their unnecessary circuit, their impregnable strength, their countless towers, arrogating to themselves the circumference of a day's journey—and all for what? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 Man, proudly arrogating to himself a despotic sway over the higher walks of intellect, and the wild and luxuriant fields of imagination, has left thee undisputed sovereign of the empire of the heart! Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. But, not content with the reality, he resolved to arrogate the title; and he thus eventually lost the Peninsula. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 It is easy for bigger and stronger people to arrogate to themselves a general superiority. In Times Like These Yet have they arrogated it entirely to themselves. The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained She tried the argument that such a procedure arrogated merely a superiority in social standing, but it made her recoil from it the more. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 The temptation to interfere in government was great, the temptation to arrogate to themselves priestly powers is far, far greater. The Soul of a People We fear, however, it can no longer arrogate to itself praise on this special score. Leading Articles on Various Subjects He has been taught that there are times and circumstances when religious and ethical standards may or must be set aside, and he arrogates to himself the right of determining them. England and Germany Wherefore we have stated how far its authority extends, that it may not arrogate to itself in matters which pertain to faith. The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained There is a disposition among railroad companies to arrogate all the powers of sovereignty. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses He declaimed strongly against man's arrogating to himself the authority to deprive his fellow-beings of their human and spiritual rights. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery But far from the hearts of Christians be that blasphemous name in which the honour due to all bishops is taken away, while one madly arrogates it to himself. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I But Khalid, though always invoking the distant luminary of transcendentalism for light, can not arrogate to himself this high title. The Book of Khalid This the Pope has arrogated to himself, and thus claims that he is sovereign lord, and will dispose of the sheep as he chooses. The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained This potentate, all heterodox and schismatical as he is, arrogates to himself a power which the Vicar of Christ possesses not. Pius IX. And His Time "In the day of judgment the Sudras and the Vaisyas will be forgiven for that they knew not the light, while God will let loose his wrath upon those who arrogated his authority." The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery I do not, I think, arrogate too much when I say that I am as peaceable and peace-loving a man as ever existed. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI He knew, with shame, how her father had been a man without arrogating any authority. The Rainbow In what use does assume correspond with arrogate and usurp? English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions It was the purpose of the ministry to arrogate to themselves the attributes of this high dignitary, who acted, temporarily, as the Sovereign of Rome. Pius IX. And His Time The Council was moreover in an ill humour with the favourite on account of the arbitrary authority which he arrogated to himself. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) Yea, the Devil would have us arrogate unto our selves, those Excellencies which really we never were owners of; and Boast of a false Gift. The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches He was not what is called a manly man: he did not drink or smoke or arrogate importance. The Rainbow How do arrogate and usurp differ from each other? English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The clergy were robbed of their proper incomes, and the congress or parliament of the republic arrogated the right to determine what salaries they should enjoy as well as what duties they should fulfil. Pius IX. And His Time When those who control them arrogate to themselves the right to determine by their own consciences what shall be reported and for what purpose, democracy is unworkable. Introduction to the Science of Sociology The real trouble with arrogating to ourselves the privileges of parenthood is that our native instincts are likely to become deflected by the substitution of the artificial for the natural responsibility. Turn About Eleanor He asserted himself on his rights, he arrogated the old position of master of the house. The Rainbow He may assume authority or office that is his right; if he assumes what does not belong to him, he is said to arrogate or usurp it. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions In the Grand Duchy of Baden the civil authorities arrogated the right to appoint parish priests and other members of the sacred ministry. Pius IX. And His Time Of all the vain assumptions of these coxcombical times, that which arrogates the pre-eminence in the true science of gardening is the vainest. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Thus you see that those who would arrogate to themselves the title of Americans, and yet carp at Mr. Fillmore as wanting in American sentiment, are really recent volunteers compared with him. Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors And against him, the stranger, the outsider, the being who wanted to arrogate authority, she remained steadily fortified. The Rainbow A man may usurp the substance of power in the most unpretending way; what he arrogates to himself he assumes with a haughty and overbearing manner. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The other arrogated an equal power over the invisible and spiritual world. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge He denies in a measure the divine authority, and forms creeds and laws for the government of God's people, thus arrogating to himself what properly belongs to God. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity And what human being shall arrogate to himself the authority to pronounce that our form of it is worse in itself, or more displeasing to God, than that which exists elsewhere? Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject And yet he arrogates to himself the nature and the functions, as he makes upon us the demands, of the supreme Deity. India, Its Life and Thought First, that ‘no social organization can or ought to arrogate to itself power to dispose of the civic and political rights of its members.’ The Brothers Karamazov It arrogates the "higher law," and "would be as God." Public School Education While contending for the maintenance of their tyrannical position they go so far as to arrogate to themselves the name of the Church. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood Yet we soldiers must not arrogate to ourselves the entire credit of so magnificent a victory. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War But now were it otherwise:—have the professors of these opinions ever considered the huge responsibility which they arrogate to themselves by such a course? The Economist Volume 1, No. 3 Some of the local magnates had not yet been brought fully under the sway of the Yamato invaders, and some, as scions of the Imperial family, arrogated a considerable measure of independence. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Let it be understood once for all that the Priest arrogates to himself no Divine powers. The Faith of Our Fathers Just so the pope arrogates to himself at the same time the spiritual and the temporal sword. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood In two weeks the royal lady who had been devoted to immediate death by that school of medicine which arrogates unto itself the terms, "Liberal," "Regular," and "Scientific," walked in her garden! Doctor Jones' Picnic I hope I don't arrogate too much in saying this, and in saying we have contributed not a little to the glory of the nation and the American arms. A sketch of the life and services of Gen. Otho Holland Williams Read before the Maryland historical society, on Thursday evening, March 6, 1851 I shall conclude with the following Proposition to any one, who may arrogate to himself Praise or Wit, by ridiculing Ireland. An Essay on the Antient and Modern State of Ireland The Pope and the Church of Rome foolishly arrogate to themselves to be this kingdom. The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 This class of people Moses calls "giants," men who arrogate to themselves power both political and ecclesiastical, and who sin most licentiously. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood He is called arrogant by those who arrogate to themselves the right to "explain" things and to deal in vital spirits and metaphysical nostrums for that purpose. More Science From an Easy Chair Some exponents of Christianity would go further and arrogate to her the inception of all arts and handicrafts. Pan-Islam When, in 1617, the King attempted to arrogate to himself and his prelatic council the power of enacting ecclesiastical laws, he was immediately met by a protestation against a measure so despotic. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) The chief of each arrogates to himself the title of king. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century The spiritual seed of the woman indeed possess the spiritual blessing, but the seed of the serpent arrogate to themselves the corporal, or temporal, blessing, and they bruise the heel of the blessed seed. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood The “names of blasphemy” which cover the beast, symbolize its arrogating the right to dictate in matters of faith and religious worship, and to punish those who dissent from its creed. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse Are other people's spiritual affairs of no account, or do we arrogate to ourselves a monopoly of such matters? Pan-Islam Seventhly, He abuseth the Parliament by arrogating so much to himself, as that his sermon “will, in the end, take away all difference, and settle union,” p. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) Whatever labour they have gone through, and with whatever success in procuring game, no individual ever seems to arrogate to himself the credit of having done more than his neighbour for the general good. Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage The Protestants, of course, charged him as arrogating the same spiritual authority with the popes. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History But let us not arrogate to ourselves a superiority of virtue, which in reality we have no just right to claim. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy And a University Gazette that refuses to publish the letter of a world-famous professor of that University, must arrogate to itself a title to which it can justly make no claim. Great Testimony against scientific cruelty England then seemed to wish to arrogate to herself the monopoly, of morality, wisdom, and greatness, together with the right of despising the rest of the world. My Recollections of Lord Byron For a system which arrogates to itself absolute truth, this is a meagre showing. The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 There are gardens and gardens, and these represent the sort that are always spoken of in the plural and most arrogate the title. Picture and Text 1893 He, an utter stranger, was arrogating to himself the position of friend to the family, presuming to criticise her father's wisdom, to tell her what she should do and should not do. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters The sin of sacerdotalism is, that it arrogates for a usurping few that which belongs to every member of Christ's mystical body. The Ministry of the Spirit Upon what grounds then does he arrogate the right of condemning by wholesale a body of men of whom he can know little? The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 The Crown in May, 1599, had arrogated a right of preemption of tin in the Duchy of Cornwall, and had committed the management of the business to the Warden of the Stannaries. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography In speaking of himself as an ada´wĕhĭ, as occurs in some of the formulas, the shaman arrogates to himself the same powers that belong to the gods. The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 301-398 I consider Lord Palmerston's letter as a mere attempt to arrogate supreme power for his Office,43 which rests on no foundation. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 The Emperor, offended at the chamber's arrogating to itself an authority over his ministers, forbade them to stir. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II I would encourage no Sultan spirit, nor arrogate a single claim over her, deduced from any assumed superiority of my own sex. The Young Maiden A grander booty might have been gained if the Generals had been guided by him, though Sir William Monson arrogates to himself the honour of the suggestion. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography Instead of being afraid of its two old acquaintances, the dog and cat, it now treated them as inferiors, and arrogated to itself the place which it had previously obtained by solicitation. Mamma's Stories about Birds The meek Moses was provoked to call them rebels, and seemed to arrogate to himself the power and authority which he received from God; and therefore he was punished by dying in the wilderness. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) In moments of fancy I often think a salesman is more truly a creative artist than many of those who arrogate the title to themselves. Greener Than You Think The Turk vainly arrogates this title to himself, but the devil is truly so, and we have God's own testimony for it. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The dunces were yet smarting with the war; and the superiority which he publickly arrogated, disposed the world to wish his humiliation. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II This king dared arrogate a law absolute unto himself; its statutes, his own caprices; its canons, his own pretensions? Under the Rose In some cases these local bodies actually arrogated to themselves the right of passing penal laws, and trying cases and awarding punishments. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV Strange blindness of cliques and coteries, which arrogate to themselves with so much ingenuous complacence the title of schools of respect, and which, outside themselves, respect nothing. The Simple Life These impious sacerdotalists, for the sake of gaining influence over the minds of those they hope to deceive, step in, and daringly arrogate to themselves the position which our loving Lord desires alone to hold. Clara Maynard The True and the False - A Tale of the Times You have perceived how this ambitious man arrogates to himself the office of the high priest. King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth I arrogated a small viewing machine, and scanned the centuries of the past in the hope that a sanctuary might reveal itself to my aching eyes. The Day of the Boomer Dukes The official class, a little oligarchy composed exclusively of persons brought from the British Isles, treated the French Canadians with a studied superciliousness, and arrogated to themselves all the important functions of government. Canada An opposite course would have probably involved Him in useless disputation, and might have given color to a complaint that He was arrogating to Himself the functions of the legally established tribunals. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Gentlemen and ladies establish their claims to being called such by their bearing, and not by arrogating to themselves, even indirectly, the titles. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. Thinking the opportunity favourable for a revolt, a faction, headed by Menesthius, a descendant of Erechtheus, arrogated to themselves supreme power, and seized the reins of government. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome All this, when Augustine's position is remembered, will be seen to show how far Rome then was from arrogating to herself any strange supremacy such as later days have brought. The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 All arrogated to themselves exclusively the title of pure royalists: the title of honest men.... Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I The Roman pontiff exercized secular as well as spiritual authority; and in the eleventh century arrogated to himself the title of Pope, signifying Father, in the sense of paternal ruler in all things. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Even to-day we very often find the tools arrogating to themselves the lion's share of the achievement, imagining the wielder to be a mere ornamental figurehead. My Reminiscences It was a far happier arrangement than the usual one of placing a teacher at each table and having her, whether consciously or unconsciously, arrogate the entire conversation, interests and viewpoint to herself. Peggy Stewart at School But I have observed from long experience that there is a Nemesis who watches those who arrogate the right to lay on the rod, and gives it to them with interest in the end. Memoirs The title of Emperor of the French, which he arrogated to himself, could not be a title to proscription. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I How the devil had they ever arrogated to themselves the lordship of created things? The Wind Bloweth Even were my gifts much greater, I should not presume to arrogate to myself that honor. The Jew and American Ideals There is a species of exegesis, sometimes arrogating to itself the sole title to be considered scientific, by which the garden of Scripture is transmuted into an herbarium of withered specimens. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion After having thus ascribed due honors to birth and parentage, I must, however, take notice of those who arrogate to themselves more honors than are due to them upon this account. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I And this apparent weirdness arises from the fact that our superficial judgments are the work of reason and sensation arrogating to themselves the whole field of consciousness. The Complex Vision If I describe them faithfully, they must still appear low to those who arrogate to themselves the epithet of “high.” Rattlin the Reefer Democracy means free government on behalf of the people; not on behalf of a great group which arrogates by organized majorities the right to represent the people. The Masques of Ottawa The General Synod have arrogated this right of judging and oppressing Christians in these respects. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod Both these titles, however, and especially Shaikh, are now arrogated by large numbers of persons who cannot have any pretence to the above descent. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) It is only the rudest, most ignorant and barbarous nation that arrogates to itself perfection: it is that nation only which, conscious of no defects, sees no necessity for reform, and has no incentive thereto. Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. James IV. and Louis had been excommunicated, Maximilian had obstinately countenanced a schismatic council and wished to arrogate to himself the Pope's temporal power. Henry VIII. These were rude, wiry soldiers, scornful of civilians and their fancied rights, but, above all, contemptuous of the soft Campanian mob that arrogated so much and could command so little. The Lion's Brood The General Synod arrogated to itself the exclusive right to introduce new books for public worship. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod Could her own mother and sisters be so unfair as to arrogate to themselves the settlement of her affairs without her consent or knowledge, without so much as admitting her into the conclave? A Houseful of Girls If the officer be of bold mind, he arrogates power for purposes of ambition; and even with timid men power is often assumed as a measure of protection and defense. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Columbus would have excluded every other human being from participating in his thoughts, and arrogated to himself alone the right to navigate westerly. Amerigo Vespucci He arrogates to himself the authority of holding the keys of heaven and hell. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Neither did the Tennessee Synod arrogate to itself the right to appoint pastors to the congregations or to remove them. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod Special friends of the Union, claim arrogated by the abolitionists, 34. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government How have I arrogated magnanimity, or anything else? The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee He himself now publicly puts forth a worse than "extravagant pretension" when he arrogates to himself this right of literary outrage. A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University Professor Royce's Libel Suddenly in the most romantic manner the Hope had taken shape—and Milly, thanks to grandma's surprising gift, arrogated to herself the whole credit of that. One Woman's Life The composers arrogated to themselves, to varying extents, the greater part of the activity; insisted upon giving all, of doing the larger share of the labor. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers I arrogate to myself no virtue in this respect. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Could she arrogate such triumphant confidence in the temper and nature of a man who did not love her?—whose heart and mind were not trusted to her keeping? The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee If so, she was a wise maiden, and whatever claims we men may arrogate to ourselves, women are better tacticians than we in their personal relations. Confessions of Boyhood In the absence of scriptural texts that established unarguable institutional authority, clerical elites succeeded in arrogating to themselves exclusive control over interpretation of the Divine intent. One Common Faith There exists a group, international in composition, which, above all other contemporary bodies, arrogates to itself the style of modernity. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers But by degrees the power arrogated to itself by the "Holy Vehm" became so formidable that succeeding emperors were unable to control its workings and found themselves forced to become initiates from motives of self-protection. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements The natural consequence is that the objective world is arrogating the first place in consciousness, and the subjective world is sinking into the secondary rank. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life In saying this, I do not arrogate to myself any unusual virtue, nor forget my defects; these are not the matters now in question. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter R arrogated to himself the right of reprehending every one, who differed from him. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 For the Pharaohs shared architecture, painting, and sculpture with the gods; but the Sargonids seem to have arrogated the most of these things to themselves alone. A Text-Book of the History of Painting Simon, indeed, crazed by his incantations and ecstasies, developed megalomania in an acute form, arrogating to himself divine honours and aspiring to the adoration of the whole world. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Their noble families, those especially who followed the Imperial party, sought the honour of knighthood; and even the free cities arrogated to themselves the right of conferring this distinction by diploma on their burghers. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series He, a simple deacon, arrogated to himself the right to receive Clara's vows and admit her to the Order without the briefest novitiate. Life of St. Francis of Assisi If he can not hold in subjugation human beings, he will arrogate unto himself the rights of others and use them to further his own selfish ends. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro There was no monarch in an oriental sense, and the chosen leaders of the Greeks never, until the late days, arrogated art to themselves. A Text-Book of the History of Painting The omission of the words of consecration at Mass. The right that the lay chiefs arrogated to themselves of giving absolution. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements "If a man is blind, how can he gain the sight that you arrogate to yourself?" The Heart's Kingdom They arrogated the power of deposing monarchs, and thus encouraged civil war and the ambitions of neighbouring kings. The War and the Churches Two years later he arrogated to himself, alone, the title of saíd, and in 996 he ventured a step further and assumed the title of málik karim, or king. Women of the Romance Countries They arrogated to themselves the chief thought of life, and the aim of the great bulk of the art was to glorify monarchy or deity. A Text-Book of the History of Painting "The ten commandments which we gave to mankind821" is a phrase typical of the manner in which Israel now arrogates to itself the sole authorship of the Scriptures. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements An immoral political system is created whenever there are privileged classes—that is, classes who have arrogated to themselves rights while throwing the duties upon others. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other I should esteem myself, as the world also would, vain and empty, were I to arrogate perfection. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States A man who styles himself devout resembles a commoner who styles himself a marquis; he arrogates to himself a quality he does not possess. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Jefferson knew that here all were people, and that no set of men, whether because of riches or of poverty, had the right to arrogate to themselves this distinction. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Also that some in Christendom arrogate divine power to themselves, want to be worshiped as gods, and invoke the dead. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence There are those who arrogate to themselves such liberty. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals A good many people arrogate to themselves the right to speak for Labour. Liberalism and the Social Problem These masters, vexed at the refusal, unanimously determined to go to the ancient ruins, and search under ground, with a view of arrogating the merit necessary for the accomplishment of their desires. The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge This discourse was visibly concerted, and it was evident that a party, already formed, took possession of the tribune, and was about to arrogate to itself the dominion of the Assembly. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution To be sure, they say that they have not arrogated divine power to themselves and do not wish to be worshiped as gods. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence Should a judgment displease it, it arrogates to itself the right to annul it. Boer Politics In insinuations I never indulge, and impunity I neither arrogate, nor permit in others. Infelice By "society" I do not mean that limited body which, whether as the Upper Ten Thousand of London or as the Four Hundred of New York, usually arrogates the title. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin The decorator and the designer of gowns and costumes do not arrogate to themselves the name "artist," but they are daily creating something which is leading toward a fuller appreciation of the expressiveness of light. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Mortals consider fortunate or unfortunate events, health or sickness, life and death, abundance or famine, as rewards or punishments for the use or misuse of the liberty which they arrogate to themselves. Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense One newspaper, which arrogated special strength and good judgment in its critical departments, intimated that after such a revelation it was useless any longer to speak of Beethoven! Great Violinists And Pianists Perhaps they supposed that the prophet arrogated to himself powers that were even more than apostolic. The Mormon Prophet There is not one of them who would not object with vigour to take a single shilling less per week for the sake of progress, or any cause that might arrogate that title. The Quest of the Simple Life Europe has often been accustomed to watch with anxiety the rise of some potent arbiter of her destinies who seems to arrogate to himself a large personal dominion. Armageddon—And After The superiority which men arrogate to themselves over other animals, is principally founded upon the opinion of possessing exclusively an immortal soul. Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense It was a mistake to suppose that Mr. Tazewell arrogated all the talk to himself, and purposely kept others silent in his company. Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell But he ascribes this to their having arrogated to themselves the temporal government, which, so far as we have any authentic information, they never did. Auguste Comte and Positivism The bishop soon became the grand centre of influence and authority, and arrogated to himself the principal share in the administration of all divine ordinances. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution Nowadays people go to see a conductor direct the orchestra just as they go to hear a tenor, and they arrogate to themselves the right to judge the conductors as they do the tenors. Musical Memories A God who arrogates to Himself the right to do evil, is a tyrant; a tyrant is not a model for men. Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense These Councils have been so constituted that they will be able to discharge usefully the functions which the Congress arrogated to itself without any title or authority. Indian Unrest R arrogated to himself the right of reprehending every one who differed from him. Notes and Queries, Number 20, March 16, 1850 I know very well, that the town did ignorantly call and take this to be my play; but I shall not arrogate to myself the merits of my friend. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 In arrogating the priestly function, they gave up all claim to the royal office. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 The ladies of Dr. Chellis's church were intelligent, refined, and well bred, but here was TON—that unmistakable, unquestionable ton which arrogates everything unto itself, claims everything, and with a certain class is everything. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Manlike, he arrogated the extra preparations to himself. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest What motive could there be, for example, to induce Sir Christopher to arrogate a title which did not belong to him, when there was every chance of detection, and no important advantage to be gained? The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance Especially is this necessary in relation to that attribute which, in common parlance, arrogates to itself the name that covers the vast sweep of all moral obligation and calls itself emphatically "morality." The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis Unfortunately, certain capitalists have arrogated to themselves monopolies and privileges which are quite sufficient to account for this feeling. Essays on Political Economy The only conceivable separateness, antagonism, is that of the sinful Will, setting itself up in its vanity; this it must be that arrogates to itself the ability to represent its Creator. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 Men as vile as crime can make them, will arrogate to themselves the right to judge and censure others. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery At a time when the true danger is that sections or classes should arrogate to themselves authority which belongs to the State, it is an advantage to bring into prominence the sovereignty of the nation. A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 All arrogated the right of search, and the state of Indian society and the climate were admirably suited to their purpose. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official At present, however, the Sioux are strangers at Fort Ellice, and have not yet assumed those rights of proprietorship which other tribes, longer resident, arrogate to themselves. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America He was featured in the billing and he arrogated all the privileges of a real star. The Real Adventure I would arrogate a superiority over this poor negro. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times In his heart he arrogated to himself the right of justice, the upper, the middle and the low, and all other kinds, but he had ability and mingled with it an extreme order of cunning. The Hosts of the Air The sea is the world's highway; and he who arrogates a prerogative over it transgresses the right, and justly brings on himself the chastisement of nations. A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America, in Which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up He would not even arrogate to himself the name of antiquary. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 The regent, as was usually the case, arrogating authority and splendor, soon became excessively unpopular, and a conspiracy of the nobles was formed for his overthrow. The Empire of Russia It does not appear that these amiable hermits arrogated any superiority to themselves or that there was any opposition between them and the rest of the brethren. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Sun now arrogated to himself the pompous title of Grand Saint, Governor of Heaven. Myths and Legends of China I inform you of this fact, lest I should seem to arrogate to myself the merits which belong to others. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) But altogether it is perhaps not surprising that the proxy should oftentimes forget his real position, and arrogate wholly to himself the applause due to his principal. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Mahomet II. now held the throne, a prince so haughty and warlike, that he arrogated the name of the second Alexander the Great. The Empire of Russia The apostle further observes, that those who directed them to worship angels, arrogated a knowledge of matters not revealed. Sermons on Various Important Subjects She declined to be the head of the Church in the sense arrogated by Henry, and yet she would by no means admit the supremacy of the Pope. The Life of Froude At a later time the vizier arrogated all authority to himself, and the Caliph spent his time either in the mosque or in the seraglio. The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Moreover, the Chamberlain had arrogated to himself the right of interfering in dramatic affairs upon all occasions that he judged fitting. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Who was he that he should claim to lead a life apart, or arrogate to himself an immunity and an independence other men had not? Father Stafford What we object to is this: Roland arrogates to himself power which he does not possess, of peremptorily expelling any member whose remarks displease him. The Sword Maker Such a person arrogates to himself superiority and inclines to feel somewhat contemptuous of people outside the narrow limits of his thinking. The Reconstructed School He does not arrogate to himself infallibility, indeed he is sure that his language is not always happily chosen. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist It is certainly most unlikely that Catholics should have arrogated to themselves the Church’s function of combating heresy and schism in the fashion described by Sir Francis. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) Japan would co-operate with the Allies in maintaining order in Siberia, but no Power should arrogate to itself a preponderant voice in the matter of obtaining concessions or other interests there. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference There does not exist such a power of possessing as he would arrogate. Hope of the Gospel I am convinced that whenever the business is brought legally before the judges, they will refuse to sanction the enormous power, under the name of privilege, which the house arrogates to itself. The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock And in no place was the negro made to feel the prejudice against his color more gallingly than in churches arrogating the name of Christian. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist The drunkard defies it, and arrogates the right of dispensing with forethought and self-denial,—throwing upon others the blame of his ultimate wretchedness. Thrift We, therefore, cannot be supposed to arrogate for the nobility any separate privilege of patriotism. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 They shook it, poked it, patted it, and finally Apporo, filled with feminine pride, arrogated to herself the sole privilege of bouncing upon it. White Shadows in the South Seas Whatever labour they have gone through, and with whatever success in procuring game, no individual ever seems to arrogate to himself the credit of having done more than his neighbour for the general good. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 She accepted without a twinge the implication of superiority of will and physique which the young daleswoman arrogated. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance It encouraged, or permitted, or was compelled to tolerate the growth of societies which arrogated to themselves an independent jurisdiction, and thus rendered impossible a central authority of sufficient coercive power. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) And again: "Our Art ... only arrogates to itself the power of developing, through the removal of all defects and superfluities, the golden nature which the baser metals possess." The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry Forced up by the bottom heat of slavery, the ruling class in all the disloyal States arrogated to themselves a superiority not compatible with republican equality, nor with just morals. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) Now, I must premise that I arrogate to myself no exhibitory rights in this lady. At a Winter's Fire If as poet you have to represent the renowned Achilles; let him be indefatigable, wrathful, inexorable, courageous, let him deny that laws were made for him, let him arrogate every thing to force of arms. The Works of Horace In Lesanky's voyage round the world, there is an account of a religious sect in the Sandwich Islands, who arrogate to themselves the power of praying people to death. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 578, December 1, 1832 But this was a trifle; he did not arrogate to himself the position of a small commercial traveler, who expects prompt civility as a matter of course, and not at all as a favor. The Hill of Dreams As it is unjustly arrogated and usurped by man; whether, 1. The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London It does not array itself against the church, nor presume to arrogate its functions, or to supervise its teachings. The Jericho Road Let no one presumptuously arrogate to himself the science of banqueting, unless the nice doctrine of tastes has been previously considered by him with exact system. The Works of Horace Art may justly claim great latitude in this endeavor, and schools and systems arrogate too much when they seek to define its limitations. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884 Such a man naturally arrogated and obtained great weight among his fellows, and perhaps his lack of vacillation furthered this preëminence. The Frontiersmen Uruj had arrogated to himself the title of King of Tlemcen, but with his death this shadowy sovereignty came to an end, and the Spaniards seized upon the province. Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean How did He dare arrogate to himself such a dominion as that? The Jericho Road The succeeding years present us with an epidemic of expositions, most of them, often on the slenderest grounds, arrogating the title of "international." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 It is true in regard to what arrogates to itself the name of science. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) They arrogate to themselves honours, on account of the exploits done by their forefathers; whilst they will not allow me the due praise, for performing the very same sort of actions in my own person. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant Was it impious for him to arrogate the right to substitute his justice for that supreme, and wield its dreadful sword? The Son of Clemenceau Who then would dare to arrogate to any art an unchanging place in the scheme of the world's development, or would condemn it because its efforts fade and pass? The Drama Do not let us arrogate to ourselves such opportunities as these. A Librarian's Open Shelf We are not His slaves, if we arrogate to ourselves the right of doing what we like with His possessions. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) The immature and inexperienced set themselves above their elders: they arrogate to themselves the right of deciding what they shall learn, how much they shall learn, how they shall learn it. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Antonyms: See unusual. usually, adv. ordinarily, generally, customarily, commonly. usurp, v. arrogate, seize, appropriate, accroach. usurpation, n. arrogation, seizure, appropriation. utility, n. usefulness. Putnam's Word Book Even the awkward decision of the warrior could not prevent each of them from arrogating to himself the pre-eminence of being noticed by him, to the exclusion of the others. The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies We should not arrogate to ourselves the sole right to rule and reason. Laugh and Live It was evident that a party, already formed, took possession of the tribune, and was about to arrogate to itself the dominion of the assembly. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History The arming of privateers had been checked, but the consuls continued to arrogate powers which no self-respecting nation could permit, and for some gross offense Washington revoked the exequatur of Duplaine, consul at Boston. George Washington, Volume II But legislation had not yet touched the extraordinary privileges arrogated to itself by the Church. Cavour His successors, as their dominions extended, arrogated a similar jurisdiction over the new subjects which they acquired; the despotism of Asia was not more complete. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time You would not arrogate to yourself God's province, who has said, Vengeance is mine, and I will repay it. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 That principle was established by the House of Commons, and consequently they arrogated to themselves that part of the legislative power. Popular Law-making The trivial toy of a courtly coterie, it attempted to arrogate to itself the position of a philosophy, and in so doing exposed itself to the ridicule of succeeding ages. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England But now that we are placed in our proper position, one among countless myriads of worlds, what ground is there for the preposterous conceit which arrogates as ours all sentient existence? Annie Besant An Autobiography My government cannot remain indifferent in view of such a violent and aggressive seizure of a portion of its territory by a nation which has arrogated to itself the title, 'champion of oppressed nations.' The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) Yet it is noteworthy that the latter have tacitly allowed them to arrogate to themselves the title of "Americans," whereby to designate their distinctive and individual nationality. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 He does not deny that after the women have harvested their corn or maple sugar the men arrogate the right to dispose of it as they please. Primitive Love and Love-Stories What right have philosophers or theologians to arrogate to themselves the sole right of speculation in these matters? The Silent Isle This footman, if he does not arrogate too much to his own confidence, was the first man distinguished by carrying and using a silken umbrella. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 572, October 20, 1832 The Europeans have scarcely visited any coast, but to gratify avarice, and extend corruption; to arrogate dominion without right, and practise cruelty without incentive. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces He has arrogated to himself the title which expresses the highest thought of divinity known to the conceptions of the Chinese mind. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. There, however, it was attained only by the previous reduction of those feudal families which, for many generations, had arrogated to themselves the levying and control of local forces. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Yes—" returned Mr. Jefferson, slowly, "if 'tis ever fitting that a king should arrogate to his sole use the wealth, the toil, the bounty of an empire. Calvert of Strathore The law of God makes no distinction between the male violator of His holy law and the female violator of the same; but man, arrogating to himself superior wisdom, makes a very marked one. Woman: Man's Equal Mr. Ruddiman never carried a walking-stick; that would have seemed to him to be arrogating a social position to which he had no claim. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories This was owing to the fact, that the Church had unconstitutionally arrogated to itself the prerogative of coining and regulating the value of money. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Neither hoar hairs nor wrinkles can arrogate reverence as their right. Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers Whoever arrogates, to himself the right of vengeance, shews how little he is qualified to decide his own claims, since he certainly demands what he would think unfit to be granted to another. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II This is the only road to that gift of prophecy which most young poets are nowadays in such a hurry to arrogate to themselves…. Famous Reviews Deep in her heart there still lurked an abiding resentment against Charlie Benton for the restraint he had put upon her and the license he had arrogated to himself. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest One can hardly help being struck with the natural air with which he arrogates supremacy in his conversation and proclamations. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers This is the only road to that gift of prophecy which most young poets are nowadays in such a hurry to arrogate to themselves. Literary and General Lectures and Essays Are you sure you don’t arrogate too much of the credit to yourself. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Is it your vain and wicked object to arrogate to yourselves that power of annihilating the past which has been denied to Omnipotence itself? Henry Clay's Remarks in House and Senate Lastly, if Otto's speech is offensive to him, he is one of the large class of unmanly and ungenerous dogs who arrogate and defile the name of manly. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 Whoever arrogates to himself the right of vengeance, shews how little he is qualified to decide his own claims, since he certainly demands what he would think unfit to be granted to another. The Works of Samuel Johnson Notably it arrogated to itself the power of decreeing imposts, a serious encroachment upon the prerogatives of the royal power. The Psychology of Revolution The patricians arrogated the exclusive enjoyment of the ager publicus; and, like the feudal seigniors, granted some portions of their lands to their dependants,—a wholly precarious concession, revocable at the will of the grantor. What is Property? Far be it from me to arrogate to myself the attributes of the Deity. Dracula He arrogated their powers to himself—struggled to be, of his own unaided might, stronger than death, more powerful than the grave. The Octopus : A story of California V. be -severe &c. adj. assume, usurp, arrogate, take liberties; domineer, bully &c. Roget's Thesaurus They fixed the prices of merchandise and arrogated the right to dispose of the life and property of citizens. The Psychology of Revolution What are we that we should arrogate to ourselves any assumption of certainty on a matter unrevealed, that takes us into the eternities, and fixes the doom of uncounted millions of our race? Love's Final Victory What right had he to arrogate to himself again powers of life and death? K Pray do not believe," he begged, "that I arrogate to myself any such position. The Avenger The shipmasters, the more important merchants, arrogated a certain superiority to themselves: but it broke down before the inborn democracy of the local spirit. Java Head The question then naturally arises, why a certain body of individuals, who now represent no opinions, should arrogate to themselves the entire government and control of the country? Vivian Grey Ingenuous, you must know, Mrs. Betty, and ingenious, are two things; and I would not arrogate the latter to myself. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 But, even the punishment of death might be inflicted, without arrogating to Congress a power to say what is, and what is not, piracy. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast No: he has neither the honesty to respect the rights of others, nor the wit to enforce those which he arrogates to himself. In the Valley He arrogated to himself ownership of all the water and the mines and sold quit-claim deeds to the land's owners. Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert Basile did not arrogate to himself any of the glory of this success—he kept his general's secret and his confidence. Tales and Novels — Volume 06 The Parisians, excluding all others, arrogate to themselves the only knowledge of divinity. The Praise of Folly Warren, also, received honors and professional rank, and arrogated to himself, without scruple, the whole crop of laurels gathered at Louisburg. Biographical Sketches (From: "Fanshawe and Other Pieces") The first, that of those who desire to enhance, in their own country, the power they arrogate to themselves: this kind of ambition is both vulgar and degenerate. Paris as It Was and as It Is Whatever rights the Company may arrogate to itself, it is very clear that in the extreme north of the continent, and especially on the coast, the territory belongs to whoever occupies it. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude Do not even the priests, in some superstitions, arrogate to themselves the right of remitting to the dying the punishment due to the crimes committed during the course of a disorderly life? The System of Nature, Volume 1 Sometimes a crosier, or shepherd's crook, is substituted for one of the keys, in reference to his arrogated office of the leader of the sheep! Astral Worship The commander set up an establishment befitting his rank and pretensions; for he arrogated to himself an importance greater even than that of the Grand Master. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies By your threats to Hedulio you practically arrogate to yourself the right to exile a Roman of equestrian rank. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Columbus considered the island in the light of a conquered country, and arrogated to himself all the rights of a conqueror, in the name of the sovereigns for whom he fought. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) But to do wrong or right, the prerogative of choice: she arrogated that. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Now Your Holiness is thinking that I arrogate to myself a miraculous clairvoyance. The Saint "And by what right do you arrogate to yourself the power to do this?" Cæsar or Nothing You seem almost disposed to arrogate to yourself a peculiar regard for this divine treasure. A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation Vespucci may have supposed Brazil, Paria, and the rest of that coast, part of a distinct continent, and have been anxious to arrogate to himself the fame of its discovery. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) A new power had appeared upon the scene, which had arrogated to itself the absolute government of ideas: the Free Thinkers. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House He had arrogated to himself the disposal of his life, but it was made clear to him that a higher wisdom had decreed otherwise. The Shadow of the East The Tory party, who arrogated the whole loyalty of the colony to themselves, branded, indiscriminately, the large body of Reformers as traitors and rebels. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush The dressmaker can no longer arrogate the functions of a Creator. Impressions and Comments The whole story resembles much the fables circulated shortly after the discovery of Columbus, to arrogate to other nations and individuals the credit of the achievement. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) Their philosophers, ignorant of themselves and of God, and arrogating all glory to themselves and ascribing none to Him, were unable to impart wisdom to any one. National Epics But there are still many old-fashioned people who arrogate to themselves the right of settling their daughters' lives, who have so trained them that resistance to family wishes becomes almost an impossibility. The Shadow of the East Other memorials of victories have borne the pompous titles of commanders who arrogated the glory to themselves; but the Bible knows of only one conqueror, and that is God. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII Society was odious to him; and more than any, that of his intimates, even that of his mother, because they arrogated to themselves more rights over his soul. Jean-Christophe, Volume I But he asks him, what is the use of a Council at all if the Pope arrogates to himself beforehand, as his decrees fulminate, the right of altering and tearing up its decisions. Life of Luther He arrogated nothing to himself, but was perfectly unassuming and unpretending, entering with heart and soul into the business, or pleasure, or, I had almost said, folly, of the hour and the company. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey Red Arrow arrogated to himself the privilege of selecting the wolf. The Way of an Indian Your question was expressed very undiplomatically, Mr. Edestone, for one who is arrogating to himself the prerogatives of an envoy and ambassador. L.P.M. : the end of the Great War To the members of this body was now specially arrogated the term Cardinal, a name hitherto applicable to all clergy ordained and appointed to a definite church. The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 The Jews, intoxicated with the promises of their God, arrogated the rights of exterminating whole nations. Good Sense In 1783, a haughty petition was addressed to the throne, on behalf of the Roman Catholics, by an association that arrogated to itself the style and title of a congress. Autobiographical Sketches The love that "is not puffed up," "doth not behave itself unseemly," cannot proclaim its own virtue—to arrogate it is to lose it. Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates She tried the argument that such a procedure arrogated merely a superiority in social standing; but it made her recoil from it the more. The Marquis of Lossie Upon this, Secknall recites the first stave, till then craftily reserved, which offers the whole homage of that hymn to Patrick, who, though the humblest of men, has thus arrogated to himself the saintly Crown. The Legends of Saint Patrick The superiority which men arrogate over other animals, is chiefly founded upon their opinion, that they have the exclusive possession of an immortal soul. Good Sense |
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