| 单词 | lord it over |
| 例句 | They pointed and talked among themselves, lording it over me that their whole world left me out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And I admire the way he talks back to the gentlemen as if they have no right to lord it over him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z All she did with that knowledge was to give herself airs and lord it over the other urchins. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Some children push themselves ahead just to lord it over other children, because they’re insecure or selfish. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re right. It all came out okay. But I still don’t like the way he tries to lord it over me.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The families with fathers in England are able to lord it over the families that don’t. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Still, there was a clear pecking order based on this accommodation, and he lorded it over the others. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She, herself, felt the distance, but refused to lord it over us. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t lord it over me, which is nice. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z All the sixth graders have to sit in the front of the bus, while all the eighth graders lord it over everyone else in the back. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z But White Deer and Hand Clap never lorded it over any of us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Lapham was always telling him to give God thanks who had seen fit to make him so good an artisan—not to take it out in lording it over the other boys. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to scribble them out, but he'd probably notice and lord it over her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z She was only six years older than me, for gosh sake, which to my mind didn’t give her any right to lord it over me like she was a hundred. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Van Rensburg was not a clever fellow, and while he would lord it over us at the quarry, we could outwit him in court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She lorded it over us plenty before she finally departed. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The Wicked Witch of the West is the Castro and the Che of her insurgent campaign — the usurping politician and the crafty military commander, lording it over the monkeys and the male guards. Oz Revisited – Part 3: A Parable of Empowerment 2013-09-18T15:30:10Z But the king does not sound all that assured lording it over retinue and family. Review: A ‘King Lear’ in Which You Feel for All the Daughters 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z The building, athree-storey house with a turret at each end, lords it over five hectares of landscaped parkland, with dining terraces, boules pitch and infinity pool. French châteaux: 10 princely stays at affordable prices 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z The first act crackles with order and resistance as a British colonialist named Clive lords it over some portion of Africa while his family grapples with forbidden desires. Michael Kahn on a dreamy ‘Cloud 9’ at Studio Theatre 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Despite her powerful job and enormous reputation, Susan never lorded it over you. ‘I Think You Need to Rewrite It’: Ruth Reichl on What Makes an Editor Great 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z He lords it over her, subjecting her to great anxiety and debasing humiliation by making her lug around, feed and, in the shattering party scene, display her lover’s suit as a badge of shame. ‘The Suit’: A fitting personal and political allegory 2014-03-21T23:14:10Z But this episode beat that, in the scene where Leanne accuses Pennsatucky of lording it over the prison “like some Hillary Clinton dictator.” 'Orange Is the New Black' Recap: It's Valentine's Day at the Litch 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z In the darkened former restaurant, a large color video projection lords it over narrow, hand-built benches. Klara Liden Unveils ‘It’s Complicated’ 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z She's sitting out there in the sun right now with a leg bone of some sort that she must have found in the creek and just kind of lording it over all the other dogs. From heartbreak to the Iditarod finish line: Living the musher life in "This Much Country" 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z “It’s lording it over all the other birds.” New Zeeland: happy returns to the Netherlands coast 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Rayonism predated Malevich’s levitating Suprematist abstractions, 14 examples of which lord it over the next gallery. The Russian Avant-Garde Rising in ‘A Revolutionary Impulse’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z “He does a domineering dance. He is like a man, lording it over the other birds.” Down on the Farm With Isabella Rossellini 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Able to teleport cats at will and lord it over the entire Jellicle realm? ‘Cats’: Did You See the Movie? Let’s Talk 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z In it, an acquiescent English lecturer plays the role of the big bad planter, while a local lords it over him with a rifle. The Mountain by Drusilla Modjeska – review by Lloyd Jones 2013-06-13T06:12:13Z Belle calls to Rumpel, who was busy lording it over the Author about how his plan is going to work. 'Once Upon a Time': Cruella De Vil is the worst 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z One team meet-up is staged, randomly, at an auto junkyard; it’s as though these serial sedan-killers want to lord it over the corpses. ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Review: Yells Like Teen Spirit 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z We're used to seeing her sort of lord it over her environment. For the "Killing Eve" final season, Eve is "embracing a more Villanelle side of herself" 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Perhaps even being oneself for the very first time, without tradition scrutinizing you, without expectation hounding you, without class defining you and without a sense of other people lording it over you. | Party of One 2013-05-09T08:00:38Z Now he lords it over an amateur theater group in Duluth, Minn., six of whose members sit down to dinner at his “killer party,” each bearing a ridiculous name and a motive to kill him. ‘A Killer Party’ Review: The Case of the Online Musical 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Like the film, the hamburger is a non-California invention that has achieved a kind of symbolic apotheosis in Los Angeles; symbolic, that is, of the way fantasy can lord it over function in Southern California. Learning to Look at L.A. 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z He won all the trophies, dominated the landscape, lorded it over proceedings like a king on his throne. 'Rodgers would have it all to prove in more testing arena' 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Then an injury that took him out of the game from the end of December until Saturday, when he reappeared like a colossus and lorded it over Twickenham. Scotland's bits and pieces add up to a sensation 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z “In a democracy, the people are in charge. Elected representatives like me and my parliamentary colleagues do not lord it over you. We are your servants.” Newly elected Fiji PM vows to tackle growing national debt 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z But Bobo said teammates who have enjoyed more significant NIL success have not lorded it over everyone else. Chip Kelly says he roots for UCLA players' NIL success, even if he can't help facilitate it 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z And USC continues to lord it over a big chunk of the city. Review: A Times reporter broke a major USC scandal. The real challenge: getting it published 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z “But he never lorded it over them that he was smarter than everybody else. He was humble smart.” FitzMagic runs out: 39-year-old journeyman QB is retiring 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z “Look around you and see if your lives, and your country, have been bettered under the rules of the two families who have lorded it over our beloved country’s politics for over 50 years.” The son also rises: Philippines weighs another Marcos as president 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z A restored Westlake Theatre is a mere promise, but the massive rooftop neon sign still lords it over MacArthur Park. Financial ruin. Possible destruction. What will be the Cinerama’s Hollywood ending? 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Seems to need soft ground to really lord it over his rivals. Pinstickers' guide to the Grand National 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z “UMich is holding all sporting events without fans now and I’m lording it over my roommates by telling them I’m the only one in this apartment with access to sporting events,” Gerson wrote. For budding sports reporters, another career test: a summer without internships 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z First, inherited from “Toy Story 2,” is the notion of toys becoming vintage items, and second is the discomforting presence of über-toys, who lord it over the meeker types and forbid them basic liberties. “Toy Story 4” Plays It Again 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z They can’t even vote for the Israeli prime ministers who lord it over them. Troika fever: Key American allies in the Middle East are the real tyrants 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z So now it’s my turn to lord it over him. Reading Nook: Henry Alford on Cervantes, the floor and me 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The people who feel fit to lord it over us inhabit a milieu akin to a zealously traditional school. Militias, chaos and starvation: Britain 10 years after Brexit 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z He added: “A lot of Democrats will self-righteously claim victory and try to lord it over the Republicans and say, ‘See, we were right all along,’ and that will be bad for the country. Three Younger Veterans Stake a Generational Claim on the Democratic Party 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Social media has generated new vistas for this compulsion to compare and lord it over others. Opinion | The Upside of Envy 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z For centuries Russia has been a corrupt and untrustworthy country, starting with the Czars and feudal rulers lording it over the serfs. Why Moscow Will Never Apologize for Attack on Ex-Spy 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z It’s only to explain: Pence’s record on women made his attempt to lord it over one especially likely to backfire. Opinion | Pence was the worst person the White House could have sent to the Olympics 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z “This is the lasting image of a team lording it over the National Football League, Brady in control of an efficient machine seemingly without defect.” The More Things Change, the More Brady and Belichick Stay the Same 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z A modern class of royalty anointed by the gods to lord it over all of creation. Opinion | The Tax Bill That Inequality Created 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z Bureaucratic authority without natural authority can be galling--less competent employers, managers, bosses, superior officers lording it over the more competent-- who need to obey or be penalized--fired, demoted jailed and so on. Navy SEALs Investigated in Green Beret’s Death Also Under Scrutiny in Theft 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z “He didn’t lord it over her but sat with her,” she says. The televangelist advising the White House says she led Trump to Christ 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Unlike Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, just a sole Goldman figure lording it over economic policy wasn’t enough for him. “The great vampire squid”: Goldman Sachs’ influence on America’s future 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z She’s an outspoken early feminist; he’s a macho ruler lording it over his many wives and children. Like its monarch, ‘The King and I’ steps into a new world 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z “The Royals” return to lord it over the rest of us in a third season of this soapy drama. TV This Week, Dec. 4-10: 'Hairspray Live!' and more 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Declaring just one World Series as the best ever, lording it over the other 111, almost seems against the spirit of the thing. It took 30 years of bitter feuds, but MLB players and owners learned to get along 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z “He was a good guy, was humble, never lorded it over me,” Branca told The Times. Ralph Branca, accomplished Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up 'the shot heard round the world,' dead at 90 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Bear in mind that development and growth are his priority—one reason for his sky-high popularity in a country with an entrenched plutocracy lording it over legions of urban and rural poor. Duterte’s pivot 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Basel, accustomed to lording it over teams in their own league, are prioritising solidity tonight. Arsenal v Basel: Champions League – live! 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Jack's used to being given no leeway, freedom, or privacy at home, and briefly, he enjoys lording it over the one person in his life with less social status. Felix Thompson's stellar debut film King Jack brings back all the insecurities of high school 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z And that understanding allowed the elites to lord it over everyone else – a quid pro quo that, it is now apparent, they did not understand. Politics Are Not Recession-Proof 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z In Russia today the executive branch lords it over society, beholden to no one. Mikhail Gorbachev: Putin Is an Obstacle to Progress 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Dakota Johnson, as Penelope, strikes a more languid figure — in keeping with the film’s initial dreamy, sensual tone — even as she lords it over the oldsters with the condescension of the young and nubile. Tilda Swinton is a rock star in ‘A Bigger Splash,’ but you already knew that 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z The Sin portrays a world in dire need of Nasser's reforms, where rich landowners lord it over impoverished peasants. Six decades of Egyptian history in six movies - BBC News 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z The float was considered daring — enabling Mr. Tilly, and his many backers here, to lord it over Cologne, Düsseldorf’s archrival in all things Carnival, and which declined to address the same delicate subject. Germans Eager to See Whose Parade a Carnival Float Will Rain On 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z To be sure, it’s a commonplace of the virtual sandlot for the victors to lord it over the losers. Welcome to Trumpland, Maine: What this small city tells us about the new politics of fear 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The incident became a lightning rod for anger in South Korea where the economy is dominated by family-run conglomerates known as chaebol that often lord it over their fellow citizens. Plane birth latest in bizarre airplane incidents 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Ever since, the image of Cameron as an overgrown Bullingdon Boy lording it over society by gutting the country’s public sector has been regularly conjured up by his critics to the Left. Why David Cameron's 'Pig-Gate' Scandal Isn't Going Away 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Or might Coco take a shine to her new-and-improved power couple status and lord it over the miserable masses? 'The Strain' recap: Sniper (mis)fire in 'The Assassin' 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z "He was unusual because he defied expectations. He didn't look like a gangster, he didn't lord it over people. He wasn't someone who saw himself sitting at the top of a pyramid as the boss." Paul Massey death: Who was Salford's 'Mr Big'? - BBC News 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z El Chapo didn’t lord it over his men, didn’t dominate them physically; he earned their trust. El Chapo's Rise to Power And His First Prison Break 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z But they never lord it over us; they don’t want to be at the gym any more than we do. Amy Schumer and the rise of the woman crush 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Important decisions were normally made through round upon round of open discussion, and men who tried to lord it over others would be laid low with mockery, ostracism or even murder. The Illusion of Democracy 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z The Iraqi Kurds in their capital, Erbil, posted photographs of their Peshmerga forces lording it over the turquoise lake. A war that crosses national boundaries 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Very often, it seems, “pro-choice” ends up being “bro-choice“, and formal liberty and equality ends up creating a laissez-faire landscape where the strong lord it over the weak. Jean-Paul Sartre, The Original Bro-Choicer 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z "What can we do? They are powerful. We are not. They lord it over us," said Lal, the bereaved father. Indian rape case: tenacious problems in a fast-changing but troubled country 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z You’d expect a huge company to lord it over an upstart. Growing At 100% VMTurbo Takes Share And Talent From IBM 2014-01-29T13:19:00Z Wins over the big guns are becoming something of a rarity for the 17-times grand slam champion whose days of lording it over the sport may be over but whose box-office appeal never fades. No rest for Federer as Djokovic looms again 2013-11-03T21:13:26Z This dominance, critics say, has produced a cossetted caste which lords it over everyone else, a pattern established during the dotcom explosion a decade ago and now repeated amid a roaring boom. How wealth of Silicon Valley's tech elite created a world apart 2013-05-25T23:04:15Z I only knew I’d just gotten a Beatles record from Alexander’s, the department store, and very much looked forward to lording it over my brother. To Love, or Hate, Notre Dame 2013-01-05T20:45:28Z Having got the better of Northampton at Franklin's Gardens last week, they were always likely to lord it over London Irish. Harlequins 26-15 London Irish 2012-12-29T17:41:11Z In most places a small elite lorded it over a mass of peasants. History: As you were 2012-10-11T15:07:28Z The general who lords it over the small west African nation is unrepentant and uncompromising about overthrowing the previous government. Dialogue With a Coup Leader: Has Guinea-Bissau Become a Narco-State? 2012-10-03T08:05:39Z He didn’t want to lord it over teammates who hadn’t done as well as they’d hoped. A Hungarian Olympic Gold Medalist, One Week Later 2012-08-06T09:02:51Z On the flimsy pretext of acting as the protector and defender of the Church, a government was enabled to lord it over her, and cripple her best endeavors for the fulfilment of her divine mission. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z They, with all the Democracy at their back, have lorded it over us for sixteen years. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z On this, lording it over the road, stood Caylus, its houses and gardens descending terrace by terrace from the castle-nucleus on the crest almost to the road. When Love Calls 2012-03-22T02:00:36.883Z Really, old Sid was a wonderful chap, here in his own house at two and twenty, carving his own mutton and lording it over wife and child. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z “I think she was first and foremost a teacher; she was never a boss in the sense of lording it over people.” Shooting Shatters Jacksonville Prep School Campus 2012-03-09T03:11:42Z His florid face did not impress Phil favorably at all; it seemed to sense the bully, and the overbearing man of millions, accustomed to lording it over others. Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z Those walls and towers basking in the sunshine were the eyrie that lorded it over leagues of country seen and unseen--the hawk's nest, the plebis flagellum, as the old chronicler has it. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z And took advantage of his position as the fellow with money to lord it over the rest of his family. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and they that have power over them are called beneficent. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z Sooner with half a loaf contented be, And water from a broken crock, like me, Than lord it over one poor fellow-man, Or to another bow the vassal knee. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z The more he lorded it over the others, the more sullen and angered they became. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z He thought I was getting soft on him, and before you could turn round he was trying to lord it over me. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z The kings of the Gentiles," He says, "lord it over them; and they that have power over them are called benefactors. St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture 2011-11-28T03:00:25.013Z And He said to them, The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and they that have power over them are called beneficent. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z In my essay the evil shape was a vision of "Science" in the form of abstraction, priggishness and sawdust, lording it over all. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Then, and I have not space to relate how all this came about, were the Eckerlings dethroned, and their lording it over us brought to a certain end. A Tale of the Kloster A Romance of the German Mystics at the Cocalico 2011-11-11T03:00:32.153Z After her braves have perished, and their dear ones at home have been plunged in the depths of want, the triumphant abolitionists will have the former slaves to lord it over them. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them, and they that are the greater exercise power upon them. St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture 2011-11-28T03:00:25.013Z The kings of the earth lord it over them, and they that have power over them are called beneficent. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z We will subdue for you the Sauromatæ, or any other people that you would lord it over.” The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z And, saying this, I opened the door and let the fellow in, to sit upon my pillow and lord it over me in the darkness. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z "That was the answer that England gave," said she, "and that she is like to give again, if the Don or any other of them would seek to lord it over her." Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z The kings, indeed, of the nations, lord it over their subjects, and love high titles, and to be called benefactors: but I, though Lord and Master amongst you, have dealt otherwise, as you know. St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture 2011-11-28T03:00:25.013Z Do not the manes of your fathers, who stormed the Capitol, frown to see you suffer patiently the Castle of St. Angelo to lord it over Germany. John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch 2011-10-12T02:00:44.710Z No mountain razor-back stripe of man like he is can lord it over me, simply because the scum of creation is backing up his shallow ideas with money. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z At my father’s village in the far north, called Inverurie, there used to be a large black half-bred dog, that until Nero made an appearance lorded it over all the other dogs in the town. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z And there are many officers in the navy, who—“dressed in a little brief authority,” and wearing an additional stripe—love to lord it over their fellow worms. Medical Life in the Navy 2011-09-08T02:00:20.387Z Sit here like turtles on a mud-bank while this Yankee lords it over us and ruins our business? The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z And Jesus called them to Him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z The rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, ... but whosoever would be great among you shall be your minister; and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z But do you imagine, Fr�ulein Hartwich, because the instinct of your genius has answered this one question, that you can lord it over the boundless domain of science? Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z In conjunction with you and your noble sister, I may now perhaps, unsuspected, aid in restoring order to my distracted country, and in chastising those audacious nobles who would lord it over the nation. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z The latter would be entirely Bahai and either lording it over or in conflict with the civil administration. Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z Something of this may perhaps be detected in the words, “They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them.” The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z It is the heathen who lord it over their fellow men. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z But France, though her great band of playwrights is broken up, still lords it over the European drama, or rather, over the European theatre. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z The French, after lording it over the capitals of Europe for so many years, were impatient to the last degree of the retribution which the allied armies brought to their own doors in 1816. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z The Greeks of every age have not only loved individual liberty, but are a singularly jealous people, who cannot endure that one of themselves shall lord it over the rest. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z She has been lording it over us, for days, because she and Harry were to be the only very young people invited. The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z He has been able to teach the House of Commons almost to ignore Gladstone, and at present lords it over him, and, I am told, says that he will hold him down for twenty years.” The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z They must be a poor-spirited set to let her lord it over everybody. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z I replied that we did not propose to lord it over any one, but to govern in all ordinary matters by common consent, and in all matters by the laws of safety and decent morals. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z The Delhi Durbar of 1911 saw King George V and Queen Mary bedecked in sapphires and rubies lording it over half a million Indian subjects with medieval-style flummery. How the Monarchy Allows Britannia to Make Waves 2011-04-28T10:05:00Z They are generally to be found among those whose superior share of this world's goods enables them to lord it over the little circle in which they move. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Why not then grant her all,—ease, liberty, With means again to lord it over those Whose path 'tis outrage she should dare to cross? Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts 2011-04-14T02:00:57.593Z Those who ought to obey are lording it over the others; and he who ought to reign, must wheedle and flatter, instead of commanding. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z No landlord could now lord it over them with arbitrary haughtiness. The Last Laird of MacNab An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada 2011-04-14T02:00:54.620Z I made my way across to Newington Causeway, scowling en route at a hideous triangular advertising construct that's as oppressive as those that lord it over Wandsworth Bridge and the Old Street roundabout. Running London (A Marathon Endeavour): Leg 24 - Surrey Quays to Rosebery Avenue 2011-04-06T20:36:16Z But that same general wet-nurse, who had intended David to lord it over herds and vast pastures, had complicated matters by throwing a literary kink into the deftly coiled strands of his composition. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z For there the Saxon Duke Godric lorded it over his churls and swineherds; his iron rule at the Conquest replaced by that of the Marshalls, and later the Talbots, alike stern and severe. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Both were embowered in trees at the foot of the hill which lords it over the town. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z These two were the founders of this period of papal greatness during which the Popes lorded it over the Emperors. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z He struts and loafs through the kitchen and lords it over the men. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z Now to you and me such statements as this seem to be the ravings of a madman, and we wonder why the Prussians permit one man to lord it over them in this fashion. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Some of the victors settled down there to lord it over the half-exterminated English population. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Ever since the granting of its charter, close on two centuries ago, the Company has lorded it over the North, barring out the free trader, guarding jealously against competition. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z He was always trying to lord it over the rest of us and pretend to be very rich and grand and superior. The Camp Fire Girls in After Years 2011-01-13T03:01:12.303Z This emissary, says the old chroniclers, expected to find the governor of the Golden Castile seated, of course, on a golden throne and lording it over a horde of captive slaves. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z As the devil delights to lord it over men, and to please himself with vainglory, so man, tainted with the same tyrannical ambition, haughtily lifts himself up above others. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z This class monopolized public honours and dignities of every kind, and in each of their separate spheres of aristocracy smaller personages lorded it over those without the pale. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z He didn't lord it over anyone but he was certainly very smart. Special Report: A Mississippi Yankee in BP's battered court 2010-07-29T18:36:00Z The Harshes apparently had a reputation for lording it over their fellow Princeton students based on their wealth and their parentage. Bullying snob demands the governorship 2010-06-17T12:18:00Z A few new players are trying to break into the business, but the old guard — Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch — still lords it over the industry. Dealbook Column: Answers on Credit Ratings Are Long Overdue 2010-06-01T01:45:00Z Their organisation was that of a military aristocracy—they lorded it over the subject populations on whom they lived by tribute or pillage. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Alençon would be king, and Philip de la Mole would lord it over the spirits of the house of Medicis. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 But in the interior of Germany, the peasantry under the increasing oppression of the nobles and a degenerate church, became weaker, more incapable, and coarser; ever more powerfully did the barons lord it over them. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. The seigneurs do not lord it over us always. In the Day of Adversity He thinks because he has a little authority he can lord it over us all here. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop Do you think I'd let that speckled villain of a rooster lord it over me, and claim to run this chicken house, as long as I'm able to peck and scratch? Ozma of Oz A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion, and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein She was before me night and day, but I thought I was mastering my longing, beginning to lord it over an insane passion. A Top-Floor Idyl The receptacle of the brains must lord it over the representatives of the senses. Fragments of an Autobiography Although our puppy had several times returned with a scratched face, after encounters with veteran cats, his first fight was with Major, a rugged brindle bull, who lorded it over all the dogs in town. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Before I'd let a old grouch like her lord it over me! Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole "He has been killing our gallant young men, and depriving us of our liberties, and he's here now to help the negroes lord it over us." Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction His patient must have been shot down while defending his sister from some insult offered by the clever, overbearing, unprincipled scoundrel who seemed to lord it over all. Blind Policy She lords it over her husband as no good woman ever did or wishes to do. Here and There in London Ye know that they who rule over the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them. The Bible Story Have you ever proposed to yourself a nobler conquest than over that vulgar tyranny by which prosperity lords it over humble fortune? A Day's Ride A Life's Romance He held himself vastly above the cardinals, wishing to reform them violently, and to lord it over them in a style which they had not been used to. Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation Jann was twenty-four, a tall ash-blonde woman with snaky amber eyes and pointed ears who lorded it over the household. The Buttoned Sky The husband may lord it over her outside of the house, and often does, making almost a slave of his spouse; but when he enters the house, he abdicates his authority. Oriental Women A bulky, antique camera lorded it over the conventional furnishings. The Prophetic Camera You have lorded it over me, and the whole of us, too long, and slain knights at your will. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Stephen was, unhappily, a man of this kind, and he gave way to the temptation, and tried to lord it over other bishops and their churches. Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation But the Scotts had ridden and lorded it over the Marches too long to love iron in any blood save their own. Border Raids and Reivers In order to create the fundamental axiom the two men and their wills are mutually equal and neither has any right to lord it over the other. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" I can stand a good deal, but the idea of a ginmill keeper's son lording it over others and over enlisted men who came of much better stock than he does sticks in my craw. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign Indeed she would scarce respect her husband if he did not lord it over her and cast upon her the menial tasks. Our Southern Highlanders For more than two centuries the Ashikaga lorded it over Japan, as the Hojo had done before them, and the mikados were tools in their strong hands. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Never! they shall not so lord it over true affections to their loss and mine. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 How did he come to lord it over the place? Ditte: Girl Alive! Biselli, it was soon discovered, owned almost everything in the village, and lorded it over the entire neighbourhood. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century Go to Scotland and dispossess the man who lords it over your lands, and spends your revenues. Under False Pretences A Novel Where is the great writ of personal replevin, which our fathers wrested, several hundred years ago, from the tyrants who once lorded it over Great Britain? The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence “Anyway, it seems as if she lorded it over him pretty effectually,” broke in the adjutant. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day Let not the old Adam lord it over the new. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli Nonsense, we'll have a yacht ... lord it over ordinary mortals ... a long wait. A World Apart David proposed to keep a school, and cut a hazel wand from a bush, and began to lord it over his two scholars in a very pompous manner. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. As usual they were lording it over the rest of the world. The Observers Yes, you do; you needn't think you are going to lord it over me in that way. Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks Neither our Lords and Superiors, nor we, ever had any disposition to rule and lord it over you. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli We'll be rich and free and lord it over ordinary mortals. A World Apart But I thought little of that; they can always find civility for a Kanaka, it’s us white men they lord it over. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) There a perfidious queen lords it over a treacherous king, and rears the cubs of tyranny. Maria Antoinette Makers of History For its whole government, life and essence are so ordered by God that no one should exalt himself and lord it over others, as the Pope, the true Antichrist has done. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent It is almost impossible for this type, even though he may have become or have been born a millionaire, to "lord it over" servants or subordinates. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types Is it not a special insult to the multitude of poor, struggling women, whose earnings are taxed to support the classes who lord it over them? Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) By the help and service of this retinue I bring all things under the verge of my power, lording it over the greatest kings and potentates. In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts I suppose you won’t dare lord it over me any longer, and I’ll take good care that the rest of the town understands what a dangerous little spitfire you are. Cloudy Jewel It is a genuinely devilish pride in God's name and Word on the part of such people as would be wise in matters of faith and would lord it over God's Word. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. The Social Principles of Jesus In that age of humanistic triumph, literature had lorded it over the other arts in a manner not free from arrogance. Thoughts on Art and Life After that we got on better; he yielded a sort of constructive obedience, and I lorded it over him, swaggering like a king's governor. Dwellers in the Hills There stood Minky’s store, lording it over its lesser fellows with the arrogance of successful commerce. The Twins of Suffering Creek In short, we have come to the point where all men, with their insolence and boastfulness, seek to lord it over others. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent “Could he have done what he has in your country, where your dukes are born with the privilege of lording it over the Morgans?” Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield Let us lions become sculptors, and then we will show you lions 343 lording it over prostrate men.’ Leading Articles on Various Subjects We men of Devon and Cornwall allow no man to lord it over us.” In the Days of Drake A certain thickly populated village was governed by six chiefs, the oldest of whom lorded it over the other five. Aino Folk-Tales But it ended by the brute lording it over her, the "Catholic Majesty." Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess He was a tall, slim fellow with a tremendously good opinion of himself, and showed a disposition to "lord it over everybody," as Sam Day had expressed it. Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy Who would not shrink from occupying the uppermost seat and from lording it over others when he sees the Son of God humble and eliminate himself? Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost Like all despots he was the soldiers friend; professed and giving proofs of it, by indulging them in soldierly licence—permission to lord it over the citizen. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley What can be newer than that a Macedonian should crush Athenians in war and lord it over all Greece? Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life None was exchanged by Dante and Beatrice, even though from their first meeting, as he has told, “love lorded it over my soul!” Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 On the other hand, that reproachable connection, where a man, together with his relations, lords it over his wife, is called a low connection by the wise. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks Fifth, these deceitful teachers, not satisfied with having acquired our property, must exalt themselves above us and lord it over us. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost A lofty ambition, truly, to stand behind a screen and pull the strings of a puppet, who in turn lords it over a handful of rick burners and cattle reivers. The Doomsman "If that kid thinks he can lord it over me," snarled Private Hinkey under his breath, "he's due to wake up before long." Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants or, Handling Their First Real Commands The fact that I have had an Eastern education has made our punchers so proud that they can’t be lived with when they go to town, and lord it over everybody.” The Free Range I am told that they are very ready to lord it over their countrymen when escorting Europeans, taking advantage of the fearful respect in which the foreigner is held. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Perdiccas was not their king, they said, to lord it over them in that imperious manner. Pyrrhus Makers of History The lords of Rythdale always did lord it over everything that came in their way. The Old Helmet, Volume I It was galling to him to see the fellow strutting about and lording it over everybody. The Unknown Wrestler And two are greater, like two lights; of these the rounded blaze, looking upon the quarters of north and south, with its double light, lords it over all windows. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England Fortunately my Chinese boy and the Mongol hit it off well, for the Mongol will not stand bullying, and the Chinese is inclined to lord it over the natives. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia She possesses the same pride and arrogant assumption that lorded it over kings and princes, and claimed the prerogatives of God. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan They went into the brown parlour of the inn, the cheerful, wainscotted parlour, where Branwell had so often lorded it over his boon companions from his great three-cornered chair. Emily Brontë You have lorded it over the people in this parish too long for their welfare. The Unknown Wrestler There he who had defied Rome and lorded it over Africa starved to death. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Could a single city, however liberty-loving and devoted its people, maintain itself against that engine of war which had humbled mighty Athens and now lorded it over the world of Greece? Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality However, you will soon be able to judge for yourself about them all; only there’s one thing—we must not let Mr Hector lord it over us. The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers I have tried so hard; but I feel such a poor weak boy—a mere impostor, trying to lord it over all these men.” The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War He thought he had her under control, only to discover that she was a tyrant, lording it over him. The Goose Man Once the gods lorded it over man as the gigantic dinosaur lorded it in his day over lesser animals. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative The ponderous globes obey the mandate of spiritual superiority; and shall the order of nature be reversed here, and the animal species lord it over men? The Right of American Slavery It was absurd to see him lording it over the company, nearly a dozen of us and the youngest nearly old enough to be his father. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions Thus England was to be abased and insulted, while France lorded it over all her neighbours and prepared to become mistress of the seas. William Pitt and the Great War This young gentleman, all in his glory, was lording it over poor Dobb’s, the long-suffering steward, at a fine rate, I noticed, making Mr Stormcock waxy with his remarks about the fare. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant It is admitted that these officials lorded it over the people, upon whose substance they existed, and that they were not confided in, but hated. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 This by no means exonerates her from blame, who deliberately entered the marriage state with so little respect for her companion, as to cherish a 183determined purpose of lording it over him, as her inferior. The Young Maiden They lorded it over every other child in Blowout, shining with reflected splendor. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) The idea of marrying Jasper Wilmarth and then lording it over everybody, is too good! Floyd Grandon's Honor His soul, that was a free prince, is made a bond slave to the lusts of his flesh; flesh hath gotten the throne, and keeps it, and lords it over the whole man. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The same spirit still continued to actuate both Council and Assembly, and the Governor lorded it over both. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 How do the Jews succeed in so lording it over the immense majority? Zionism and Anti-Semitism Zionism by Nordau; and Anti-Semitism by Gottheil Like many staff men—including, Anketam thought wryly, his own brother Russat, on occasion—he tended to lord it over the farmers who worked the land. The Destroyers The word "conquest" is usually employed in a political sense, and calls up visions of embattled armies subduing foreign lands and lording it over distant peoples. The New World of Islam We choose a strange lord, and he lords it over us. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Well, that’s natural; the Creoles used to lord it over them so when the Creoles were slave-holding planters and they were small farmers. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana But Alice decided to give Katy a lesson, that young lady boasting a year and a half’s advantage over Chicken Little and Gertie was rather too fond of lording it over them. Chicken Little Jane You're a little queen, Billie, and you've been lording it over the roughnecks around here so long that you think you can set your heel on the neck of the universe. The Fifth Ace Working upon the Turks' traditional devotion to their dynasty and pride in themselves as a ruling race lording it over many subject peoples both Christian and Moslem, the Turkish nationalist movement made rapid progress. The New World of Islam There was nothing else to do if one was not to submit to the arrogant tyranny that already lorded it over twenty-two subject planets and might extend itself indefinitely throughout the galaxy. Talents, Incorporated Happy is he accounted at the forum, But when he opens the door of his own house Thrice miserable; for his wife rules all, Still lords it over him, and is ever quarrelling. Plutarch's Morals And she looks to lord it over a daughter of Charlemagne, that hath borne sceptre ere she carried spindle!” The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century You know that those who are rulers in foreign countries lord it over those under them, and their great men have authority over them; but it is not so among you. The Children's Bible When Aratus heard of the reforms made by Cleomenes, he began to fear that Sparta would win back her former power, and again try to lord it over the rest of Greece. The Story of the Greeks Why, I am travelling with him," said Copley; "but he has no business on that account to lord it over me. Rollo in Rome They are born with a contempt for girls; and begin, when they are but little things, to lord it over them. The Education of American Girls They think just because they have a little more spending money than most fellows, they can lord it over anybody.” The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine And all too many of those out-ranked and seemed to lord it over the doughboy's own officers, much to his disgust and indignation. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Scattered groups of pine trees that scorn the arid plains were lording it over the bolder slopes of the mountain side. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book And now to-day I am going to work in an eleventh century church of quite proud and victorious Christianity, with its grand bishops and saints lording it over Italy. Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston I suppose they think, because they are rich and have traveled some, they can lord it over everybody. The Rover Boys on the Farm or Last Days at Putnam Hall The medieval man laid his homage at the feet of the great lady in the castle hall, but he himself lorded it over the wife who drudged in his own home. The Task of Social Hygiene He was accustomed to lord it over these men, and the jeers goaded him like banderilleros goad a bull. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance With the pride of high descent and with the right that might gives in unsettled and troublous times, these Banjāras habitually lord it over and contemn the settled inhabitants of the plains. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Though you lord it over me, You in vain thereof have braved; For those lusts my servants be Whereunto your minds are slaved. Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) Christians are already lording it over one another. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century Don't let any new boys lord it over you. The Rover Boys at Colby Hall or The Struggles of the Young Cadets “Out of my road,” shouted the mate, fiercely, “we don’t want gentlemen to lord it over us.” The Island Queen The sheep had invited a tiger to save them from a wolf; and now two tyrants, instead of one, lorded it over the city. For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem But our aborigines had not developed any such absurd notion as that there are particular families to which God has given the privilege of lording it over their fellow men. French Pathfinders in North America Those who had lorded it over the poor instead of laboring to elevate their condition, were now to suffer the consequences of that neglect. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited Here am I a beggar on crutches, and a far greater rogue lords it over me as if he were a prince.” The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea I felt as if I should never like Mr Nicholas Walters, for he was rather consequential in his way, and seemed disposed to lord it over me on the strength of having made one voyage. Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea At that moment little Mrs Wimble entered, white cheeked, red-eyed, limp and miserable looking, the very opposite of the trim little Sally who lorded it over her patient husband. The Adventures of Don Lavington Nolens Volens He robs the osprey of his fish, and the vulture of his carrion; in short, lords it over every creature weaker than himself. The Boy Hunters Master Clement was left to lord it over Martha in the lower nursery as he had not been permitted to do since his mother’s visit to the sea-side. Christie Redfern's Troubles We’d better resign ourselves to the worst, for Dreda’s bound to get the prize, and lord it over us for the rest of the term. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story It was easier to lord it over princes who were hated by many of their own subjects than to quell the animosity which was roused by attempted domination in the Eternal City. Heroes of Modern Europe I hear that he calls himself "the master," with a true Irish brogue, and lords it over his elder sisters in the regular chieftain style! Seen and Unseen The great families still lorded it over their dependants, and exercised legal jurisdiction within their own domains; by which the general police of the kingdom was crippled, and the grossest legal oppression practised. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. Palinode is referred to by the shepherd Thomalin, as “lording it over God’s heritage,” feeding the sheep with chaff, and keeping for himself the grains.—Spenser, Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 He lords it over gods and spirits, but he lords it solely because of his warlike qualities. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria The Jews have lorded it over us long enough; it is our turn now! Rabbi and Priest A Story White-gowned chief-slaves lording it over green and orange gowned supervisors and clerks; overseers still carrying and frequently using whips and knouts and sandbag flails. A Slave is a Slave When she lords it over the world, talks of an Empire upon which the sun never sets, then the time arrives when we are forced to interfere. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo He wanted to bully me, and I told him I wouldn't let him lord it over me any more than you let him bully you. Young Captain Jack The Son of a Soldier A late ruler of Babylon—Shamash-shumukin—calls her the queen of the gods, and declares himself to have been nominated by her to lord it over men. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria For the guard of the Kildrummie branch was absolute ruler, lording it over man and beast without appeal, and treating the Kildrummie stationmaster as a federated power. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Oh yes, that's just what she likes—to come and lord it over other people, and have everything her way. Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls Now those Rover boys have come back I suppose they'll try to lord it over everybody, just as they did before. The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds It is a startling illustration of the force of boyhood's evil habits, often lording it over a man to his shame and ruin, even when he has resolved to lead a better life. The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning The poet of the 'Inferno' wrote of his friend: '—— Cimabue thought To lord it over painting's field; and now The cry is Giotto's, and his name eclipsed.' The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Cimabue thought To lord it over painting's field; and now The cry is Giotto's, and his name eclipsed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 Your resentment we must rather pardon than indulge; seeing that from your hatred of cruelty ye rush into cruelty, and almost before you are free yourselves, you wish already to lord it over your enemies. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 They are a branch of the great vAppalachian9-* family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country. The Literary World Seventh Reader Nevertheless, his words held that ring of decision, of finality in judgment, which invariably forms part of the equipment of men who have lived in wild lands and lorded it over inferior races. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York Prospero must always, in the widest sense, lord it over Caliban, with his diminished understanding and aggravated appetites, who vegetates rather than lives. A Hero and Some Other Folks Yet while finely lording it over outsiders, the bishops were brought curiously to their bearings within their own walls. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals You think, because you can come over that old fool, that you're going to lord it over everybody. The Woman's Way "I simply wish to prove to you that I am two inches taller, so you can't lord it over me any longer, madam." The Story of the Big Front Door In proportion as Leslie cowered at her subordinate, the subordinate was tempted to despise her and lord it over her. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes His pride, for instance, chiefly displayed itself in a taste for low company, where he could safely lord it over his inferiors. Sword and Gown A Novel He did not want to lord it over others. The King Nobody Wanted "Brin" is once again leading and lording it over his fellows. Adrift on an Ice-Pan Take India under the Moguls, once more; the aristocracy of the time consisted of the rude Mahommedan Tartar, who lorded it over the ancient enchorial culture of Rajpoot and Brahmin. Post-Prandial Philosophy The descendant of freemen instinctively lorded it over the descendant of the serf, and the latter as instinctively submitted. A Cigarette-Maker's Romance No servile throng shall lord it over you. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator We don't see why you big girls should lord it over us any longer. A Popular Schoolgirl The Palace, where Hradzka, surrounded by his sycophants and guards, had lorded it over a solar system, was now an inferno. Flight From Tomorrow Lust inverts this order, and the flesh lords it over the spirit. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals Citizens," said he, "watch closely around this palace: the inviolable asylum of all plots against the nation, there a perverse queen lords it over an imbecile king and rears the cubs of tyranny. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Had we been a miserable gang of wretched immortals, unhallowed alike by hope and fear, he could not have lorded it over us with a more pitiless assertion of his sublime privilege. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle Here he lorded it over the surrounding valley, the simple inhabitants of which, though exempt from all feudal obligations, yet in some sort regarded themselves as vassals of the baron. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales But since the Cephalaspis and the Coccostëus many a fine animal has increased and multiplied upon the earth, lorded it over land or sea without a rival, and passed at last into the night. Certain Personal Matters I didn't like the way he lorded it over the stiffs in my watch, even if the stiffs themselves did like it. The Blood Ship Warington, of course, was no petty tyrant, lording it over young brothers, and swaggering in the undisputed character of his sway. The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' Never was sacerdotal tyranny more absolute; the proudest pope in mediæval times never lorded it over Western Christendom with such unrelenting rigor as the Brahmans exercised over both princes and people. Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans "The idea of that little spot on the earth lording it over all creation!" she said to herself, and her lip curled in scorn. Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Placing the staff in the beggar's hands, he said, 6 Sit there, and scare off the dogs and swine, and do not let such a one as you lord it over strangers. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Now, scant days after, I, a fledgling able seaman, was lording it over the foc'sle of the hottest ship on the high seas, and ordering another man to go after the supper. The Blood Ship Both as feudal suzerain and as spiritual despot, the pope lorded it over England as fully as his uncle Innocent III. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Soon deputations from some of the cities came to him with complaints about the oppression of Milan, which had taken Lodi, Como, and other towns, and lorded it over them exasperatingly. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German He found, too, that he couldn't lord it over the freshmen very well, and at times he was nothing less than a renegade to his class. The Plastic Age Why, sir, your honored father, who lorded it over every man he met and contradicted everything he didn't like, said, 'Yes, my dear,' to whatever Mrs. Hatton desired or declared. The Measure of a Man Starting from Paris, where they were concocted together with Scribe, Meyerbeer's operas went the round of the opera-houses of Europe, and save in one or two quarters Meyerbeer lorded it over the opera-houses of Europe. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas He does not lord it over them as servants, but leads them as His friends. Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking In Illinois I am a free man, and have no one to lord it over me. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Volterra occupies the site of the large Tuscan town which lorded it over this part of the Lower Apennines. Science in Arcady He had agreed to a temporary peace, to suit his convenience and ends; and, taking advantage of it, he made his appearance in the settlements, to lord it over the peaceable inhabitants. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself Though you lorded it over that fond fool, Mrs. Wood, you shan't lord it over me, I can promise you. Jack Sheppard A Romance The traveller who passes through the land is at first inclined to say that there are no ruins, no remains, of the mighty city which once lorded it over the earth. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. It is a big boy lording it over a little one, or getting him down and sitting on him. Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy Thereafter he lorded it over them, speaking in confident tones and making wild demands of entertainment. Bunker Bean Pratinas had lorded it over him and patronized him, in a way which drove the mild-tempered man of learning to desperation. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Before the time comes when the strong begin to lord it over the weak and treat them as slaves, I shall go to heaven for good. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 I, who have lorded it over the universe in that way, will now acquire heaven by fair fight. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 So accustomed had he been to having his own way and lording it over others that this was an unusual experience and hard for him to endure. Jess of the Rebel Trail We would look to the best interests of the country, and the whole country, and not legislate for the good of an Oligarchy, the most arrogant that ever lorded it over an insulted people. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. Not far away was a farmyard, and walking about in it was a big rooster, lording it over a large flock of fat hens. Bowser the Hound There she was, a bulky modern freighter, full of derricks and time-saving appliances, and her funnel lording it over the neighbourhood. London River Sons began to lord it over sires, and wives dominated over husbands. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 But in his promotion he quickly forgot his humble origin, and displayed his native vulgarity by lording it over the craftsmen who gave form and life to his thoughts. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Frank Sedley don't lord it over me much longer, you better believe! All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake A Sequel to "The Boat Club" She didn't have time to lord it over her peasants. The Daughter of Anderson Crow But this fellow would lord it over all; yet there are some, methinks, who will not obey him. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) Just because Fred is sixteen he thinks he knows every thing, and he's always lording it over me. Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies And then go back a few more thousand years again, and you would probably find the case again reversed; and Teutons lording it over Celts, and our present conditions restored. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 When men had few books, they mastered those few; but now the multitude of books lord it over the man. The Function of the Poet and Other Essays She lorded it over 'em an' she give 'em to understand that she was a queen er somethin' like that an' they was nothin' but peasants. The Daughter of Anderson Crow Take my gift and welcome, though it is little enough I have to give, a servant such as I, with new masters to lord it over him. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) The sole white man in that valley, he had lorded it over the natives more sternly than had their old chiefs. White Shadows in the South Seas All his life long he had observed, to his dismay, how people tried to lord it over one another, and of course he had no desire to do likewise. The Emperor of Portugalia Finding a weak and subservient population, they lorded it over them. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) No sect can put on airs, and assume to lord it over others, in any respect whatever, without subjecting itself to the severest censure. Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness You know the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them. Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls I don't want any cocksure fellow, with brand-new ideas lording it over me. The Mating of Lydia "We are a race that once lorded it over western Italy," he declared. The Red Redmaynes But I do not choose to thank a tyrant for his illegal acts; and he acts illegally in sparing as master those whom he has no right to lord it over. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. Yes, you!—Did you not lord it over me in my dressing-room?— The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) That is usually the way of people who like to lord it over other people when they have no ability for it. Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls Poverty is abased before riches, all Mardi over; any where, it is hard to be a debtor; any where, the wise will lord it over fools; every where, suffering is found. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Man lording it over man, man kneeling to man, is a spectacle that Gabriel might well travel hitherward to behold; for never did he behold it in heaven. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I "Can't this freak that comes here in a dress suit and tries to lord it over us take care of himself?" Ted Strong's Motor Car These elements constituted the rustic nobility which lorded it over the unfortunate settlers whom the plantation system forced to go into the interior to take up land. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 If you are getting any of the bramble-nature, and want to lord it over everybody, you had better give it up. Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls Sometimes we even had one of the colossal ruffians who are now lording it over France. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 But what you don't understand is that men can't lord it over women now as they used to do. Lady Connie Conscious of his superiority, and perfectly secure of impunity, he lorded it over his fellows in a spirit of cowardly and brutal insolence, which made him hated even more profoundly than he was feared. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 He lords it over them, and then resents it and sulks, if they rebel. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book The men of a generation should cease to lord it over the men of a century. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas For it is not to be borne that the dogs of Saracens should lord it over good Christian people! The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 Berthelier, a Swiss patriot, an uncompromising enemy of the Duke of Savoy in his ambition to lord it over Geneva. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge After the first winter, the mangeur-de-lard rises from his freshman class, and takes his place where he can in turn lord it over all new-comers. Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest A certain pomposity of manner, which had been a characteristic of his, ever since the days when he wore dresses and lorded it over the other infants in the park, had made him unpopular. Strawberry Acres Thou shalt again lord it over the entire Earth, having made thy dominions destitute of thorns. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva On the strength of this acquaintance she quite lords it over us at times, and is always reminding me of the many haughty virtues of her friend as a pattern that I should follow. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy She lorded it over him as if he were her troublesome boy. Tommy and Grizel There was the planter himself residing with his family in the mansion, which corresponded to the manor house, and lording it over a crowd of white and black dependents, corresponding to serfs. George Washington: Farmer They marched and swept about in her train, lording it over the menials and feeling that they were not a whit behind the grand ladies and gentlemen of the French courts of the eighteenth century. The Second Generation Persephonè! none lords it over me, Save one! Theocritus, translated into English Verse No longer do the men of great muscle lord it over the weak and the puny; as a rule they toil and they lift, doing unpleasant, menial duties for hollow-chested, big-domed men with eye-glasses. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories Relatives of his had given a large sum of money to the Academy, and on this account he somewhat lorded it over the other boys. Russell H. Conwell I suppose an Arab feels the same sensation when a Westerner lords it over him on highly moral grounds. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace This man was a tyrant, if ever there was one, and possessed of all the passion and caprice of the worst description of those who delight in lording it over their fellow-creatures. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII So, all you have to do now is to go up there and lord it over them. Mary Wollaston With the Devil as comrade and servant he lords it over time and space, feeds on the fat of the land, travels far and wide, and does all sorts of wonderful things. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. And if his childhood had borne the lusts of those men who were tyrants over him, was he on that account to prepare a master and a tyrant to lord it over our children? The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 He has had a steward, a surly fellow enough, who, while I was away at school, boot-licked his way to favor until he lorded it over the whole house. Robin Hood Mr. and Mrs. Bumble, deprived of their situations, were gradually reduced to great indigence and misery, and finally became paupers in that very same workhouse in which they had once lorded it over others. Oliver Twist Fourthly, by this writ not only deputies, etc., but even their menial servants, are allowed to lord it over us. James Otis, the pre-revolutionist I have heard an old story, too, that is said to have been generally believed by the Blackfeet, in which a monster bull-elk that lives in Gunsight Pass lords it over the winds. Indian Why Stories Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire When I think how I let you lord it over my ship! The End of the Tether Do you think I'd let that speckled villain of a rooster lord it over ME, and claim to run this chicken house, as long as I'm able to peck and scratch? Ozma of Oz Literature lorded it over society with a high hand; kings sought the favor of authors, or revenged themselves for their contempt by burning them,—them and their books. System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery But I thought little of that; they can always find civility for a Kanaka, it’s us white men they lord it over. Island Nights' Entertainments Towards night he reached an old country tavern, lording it over an incipient village of six houses. Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home People are used to lording it over others by building and writing certain items that reflect their lordship over themselves, their environments, and, last/least, over other people. A Brief History of the Internet The worst faults of the Greeks were such jealousies and the desire to lord it over one another. Introductory American History My own pleasing dreams revived in full force; and I presently ranged my cloud-constructed castles, which I built, pulled down and rebuilt with admirable facilty, and lorded it over my airy domains at will. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor "But you yourself predicted, not an hour ago, that the young gentry down the Valley would come to grief in their effort to lord it over the Dutch and Palatines." In the Valley If, transgressing the proper bounds of civil dominion, he attempts to lord it over her conscience, and urges, however authoritatively, her concurrence in iniquity, she must steadfastly oppose temptation. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II The difference is whether the teacher or scholar lording it over others is our example, or the teacher or scholar who teaches as well and as many as possible. A Brief History of the Internet Wait till he snubs you and lords it over you awhile; then I guess you'll know. Tip Lewis and His Lamp And henceforth let no man dare to show a piece of musty parchment as his warrant for lording it over his fellows. Earth's Holocaust (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") He will not lord it over their minds, for such lordship is to him abhorrent: they themselves must see and rejoice in acknowledging the lordship which makes them free. Miracles of Our Lord From the ambition both of men and women to lord it over individuals have arisen worse evils perhaps than from a wider love of empery. Weighed and Wanting After the treaty of Antalcidas, they still lorded it over other states, and were bent on governing in Peloponnesus. Outline of Universal History The vine still covered every possible slope of black soil, and the aloes, crowned with flowers, seemed to lord it over the tamarisks, the hemlocks, and the nightshades. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I All is comparative silence and clear-shadow below, and the stars are up there with Jupiter lording it over westward; sulky Saturn in the east, and over head the moon. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy I a slave, I, who lord it over all! The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 But when she came here, she was very arrogant toward me, and lorded it over me, showing off all her knowledge. Look Back on Happiness The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called 'benefactors.' The World English Bible (WEB): Luke You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. The World English Bible (WEB): Mark You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. The World English Bible (WEB): Matthew The world's notion is that the true use and exercise of superiority is to lord it over others. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke First we must buy a husband to lord it over our bodies; our next anxiety is whether he will be good or bad, for divorce is not easy or creditable. Authors of Greece Nothing could equal the depth of their abasement before an insolent priesthood, except the unblushing effrontery with which the latter lorded it over them. Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain Other people came to be gentlefolks and lord it over the land—why not they? The History of David Grieve Farewell, young man," he said; "loquacious, conceited young man, who wanted to lord it over Doctor Coctier. Historical Miniatures He finds out, soon enough for his weal and his bane, that he is stronger than Nature; and right tyrannously and irreverently he lords it over her, clearing, delving, diking, building, without fear or shame. Hereward, the Last of the English And, indeed, knowing as I did how he was set on playing the master and lording it over his men, I might have had more sense. Wanderers Ambitious ecclesiastics have exalted themselves with the help of misguided people; and, usurping authority, have lorded it over God's heritage. To Infidelity and Back Why, she lorded it over them as though the place belonged to her! The History of David Grieve The instinct of one and all is to lord it over the others, with the result that one more powerful or domineering gets the mastery, to keep it thereafter as long as he can. The Naturalist in La Plata Neither do I ever lord it over you. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War The monarch arrayed in seven colours ascends the steps of his throne with no prouder mien than that in which the naked child of the sun lords it over the empty spaces. My Tropic Isle For what end," he said, "should you stay here longer and lord it over these miserable natives? Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic He still lorded it over her often, as he had done in the days of their prosperity, and whenever this old mood came back upon him, Margaret could have cried for pleasure. The History of David Grieve The object is, that a handful of white men on that continent shall lord it over many millions of blacks, made black by the very Hand that made us white. Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 Say naught about it, madame," Count Walter said; "it was high time that a check was put on these rough fellows who lord it over Paris and deem themselves its masters. At Agincourt Nothing can put you under orders and lord it over you Sellanraa folk, you've peace and authority and this great kindliness all round. Growth of the Soil Who, they would ask themselves, were these Scauri, these Philippi, men fit only to murder patriots and sell their country and themselves for gold, that they should lord it over Italians? The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History Your resentment we must rather pardon than indulge, seeing that from your hatred of cruelty you rush into cruelty, and almost before you are free yourselves, already wish to lord it over your opponents. Roman History, Books I-III Such a choice were certainly the wisest and the most advantageous, could men be content to enjoy what is their own without seeking to lord it over others. Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius He kept shouting but I kept still through it all; but it hurts me because he lords it over me so. Plays He lords it over those below him, while lorded over himself by his superiors. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War For he cast in the teeth of his audience their pusillanimity in suffering their champions to be murdered, and allowing so worthless a crew to lord it over them. The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History He was also judicious in his selection of ministers, nor did he attempt to lord it over them. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10 European Leaders White officials will come here and lord it over you; the tax-gatherer will plunder the land for funds to build mighty docks, and canals, and bridges, and costly buildings, and numerous railroads in the East. The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief All through morning school, however, his thoughts would go back to the little vault, so cool and shadowy, sheltering its ancient well from the light that lorded it over all the country outside. Gutta-Percha Willie He had, indeed, lorded it over his viceroyalty with most princely sway. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 When the ship is decked out in all her canvas, every sail swelled, and careering gayly over the curling waves, how lofty, how gallant she appears--how she seems to lord it over the deep! Elson Grammar School Literature v4 For two years Ingle and his crew lorded it over all Maryland, stealing corn, tobacco, cattle, and household goods. A Brief History of the United States But never at any time did he lord it over his generals. The Life of Abraham Lincoln For nearly or quite seven centuries the Ninevite kings had lorded it over the East. General History for Colleges and High Schools A colony bishop is to be a more innocent creature than ever a bishop was, since diocesan bishops were introduced to lord it over God's heritage. The Emancipation of Massachusetts Each nobleman had his manor-house or, if he were rich enough, his castle, lording it over the humble thatch-roofed cottages of the villagers. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. I have been treating my advantages as if they were merits, condemning others, and lording it over them. The Pillars of the House, V1 He was the eldest child and only son, and his little sisters were taught to yield to him, right or wrong, he lording it over them with the capricious lawlessness of an Eastern despot. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century Holiness!—With twelve millions of our workers on the verge of famine, with rich fools and richer rogues lording it over nations of untaught and half-fed dupes and drudges. God and my Neighbour People have no security against being unmercifully priest- ridden but by keeping all imperious bishops, and other clergymen who love to 'lord it over God's heritage,' from getting their foot into the stirrup at all…. The Emancipation of Massachusetts A fighting tusker can lord it over almost any number of tuskless elephants, because he can pierce their vitals, and they cannot pierce his. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations Women therefore, whenever they would perk it and lord it over their husbands, ought to remember, that both by creation and transgression they are made to be in subjection to their own husbands. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 I guess it was because he was so big and strong that he just couldn't bear to lord it over her like most boys do with girls. Quill's Window It is not the business of a Bishop to be prelatical, or to lord it over GOD'S heritage, but to be the servant of the servants of GOD. Religious Reality They were as potent in their sway as the veriest despot, for they had no one to dispute their right to lord it over all. The Great Salt Lake Trail But nevertheless they lorded it over me when they saw me because the king wasn't on my calling list. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me For parents to be under, and children above; for parents to be debased, and children to lord it over them. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 That terror to all the settlers, that desperate Cattle Thief— That monstrous, fearless Indian, who lorded it over the plain, Who thieved and raided, and scouted, who rode like a hurricane! Flint and Feather She noticed one huge mottled one of crimson and yellow that lorded it over all the others. Rainbow Valley It was expedient to get out of their path alertly, but they cringed into second place before the Turks, who, without any swagger at all, lorded it over every one. The Eye of Zeitoon If, on the other hand, he assumes too much, and tries to lord it over us, I shall seek other support and gather a party which even he will be unable successfully to withstand. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes Think not, because you were more successful with that girl, than I, that you can lord it over me. The Circassian Slave, or, the Sultan's favorite : a story of Constantinople and the Caucasus This was immediately done; and thus it is, Archie, that you see an English officer lording it over the Scotch town of Lanark. In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce These rovers and freebooters, Talbot, have so lorded it over their serfs that they've lost all respect for their betters. Kennedy Square The lettered Gown lorded it over the unlettered Town: the plebeian Town was perpetually snubbed by the aristocratic Gown. Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green And a man is nothing superior to this, that he should attempt to lord it over his equal. The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring There never was a husband who did not, at first, attempt to lord it over his wife. Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches In the days to come, as through all time that is past, man will lord it over his fellow, and earth will be stained red from veins of young and old. By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. The Gospels in Four Part Harmony We must expect the same results when the lower principles in Man lord it over the higher. Nature Cure Masters of the secret, the Kings of England lord it over France, humble her, dismember her, have themselves crowned at Paris. The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin It is not yet five years since a hostile army of the same nation lorded it over that country. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times Norway may be termed a sister kingdom; but the people have no viceroy to lord it over them, and fatten his dependants with the fruit of their labour. Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark Now as for thy pretension that thou wilt vanquish me, Allah forfend that such thing should befal, and the like of thee should lord it over us and conquer our realm! The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 Alas! what unheard of misery have thousands suffered to purchase a cardinal's hat for an intriguing obscure adventurer, who longed to be ranked with princes, or lord it over them by seizing the triple crown! Vindication of the Rights of Woman If I don't lord it over her when I run acrost her these days, then I miss my guess. Cy Whittaker's Place I would have no woman to lord it over me about the child, and steal his affections from me. She She had no other resource, no other sense of power, but to harangue and lord it over her domestics. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners Let us sing unto the Lord, for strength and sublimity are His; He lords it over the lordly, and He resents presumption. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 They don't want to lord it over all the world. The Devil's Paw Here, as elsewhere, he was surrounded by an atmosphere of subservience to his wealth, and being in the habit of lording it over these people, he treated them with absent-minded contempt. War and Peace We lord it over private lives and consciences; we dictate ideas, we scrutinize and punish secret inclinations, we tax, imprison and guillotine not only the evil-disposed, but again "the indifferent, the moderate and the egoists." The French Revolution - Volume 3 In contempt of the National Assembly's decree the Mint bandits, the longshoremen, the whole of the lowest class again take up their arms and lord it over the disarmed population. The French Revolution - Volume 2 He is a Kanaka—and more, he is a man, a member of the kingly species that has mastered matter and the brutes and lorded it over creation. The Cruise of the Snark Go home, then, with your ships and comrades to lord it over the Myrmidons. The Iliad Who can say that this miserable low-born Biron is called to fill so exalted a place, and to lord it over you, my beloved friends and brothers? The Daughter of an Empress He was not a ruler lording it over the flock; he was rather a "servant" bound by rigid rules. A History of the Moravian Church When the ship is decked out in all her canvas, every sail swelled, and careering gayly over the curling waves, how lofty, how gallant, she appears—how she seems to lord it over the deep! The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon In fact, this funny little image was the 'crack' god of the island; lording it over all the wooden lubbers who looked so grim and dreadful; its name was Moa Artua*. Typee As some great bull that lords it over the herds upon the plain, even so did Jove make the son of Atreus stand peerless among the multitude of heroes. The Iliad His fellow-overseer was lording it over him—telling him, as it were, of the high jinks in Block 4. The Financier, a novel Without exception, he had found them all different, and delightfully different, from the hordes of blacks he had been taught to despise and to lord it over. Michael, Brother of Jerry In her family, Mrs. Dumont employed two white girls, one of whom, named Kate, evinced a disposition to 'lord it over' Isabel, and, in her emphatic language, 'to grind her down '. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth It assured him no man has right to lord it over others, as though his relation to God were peculiar. Study of the King James Bible The Pope is the Antichrist, because he is against Christ, because he takes liberties with the things of God, because he lords it over the temple of God. Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians There, raw recruits serve their apprenticeship while lording it over Natives who have proved their ability and experience by a quarter of a century's service in their own country. Native Life in South Africa Michael, out of love, would serve Steward, but Michael lorded it over the kinky-head. Michael, Brother of Jerry I hope so, but I can’t answer for myself when he lords it over me, as he has just now done, before a woman. Perils of Certain English Prisoners What is this castle that rises above us, and lords it over a land so wide? The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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