"Tyrannize" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is a wretched race, who have no weapons, so that the Spaniards tyrannize over them at will. They make them pay a tribute of three reals [sic], that is, a trifle less than three Dutch florins, per head, all men or women ...
— History of the Philippine Islands Vols 1 and 2 • Antonio de Morga
... peace!" said the king; then addressing Sir Oliver and the attendants, "Harm not the urchin; for he has taught my son a good lesson, if Heaven do but give him grace to profit by it. Hereafter, should he be tempted to tyrannize over the stubborn race of Englishmen, let him remember little Noll Cromwell ...
— Biographical Stories - (From: "True Stories of History and Biography") • Nathaniel Hawthorne
... mean to say that this, of itself, was a very great sin. It was, however, a foolish thing in Frank to form at his age a habit which might tyrannize over him for life, and make him in the end, as he himself once said to John Winch, "a ...
— The Drummer Boy • John Trowbridge
... with a melancholy arising from reflection, "never tyrannize over a wife—never behave too haughtily or imperiously towards your own. A woman unwillingly convinced, ...
— Ten Years Later • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... conquered. Insurrection is the inevitable consequence, foreign war the only relief. As the circle of operations extends, both parties see their interest in a cordial coalescence on equal terms, and jointly tyrannize exteriorly. ...
— History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) - Revised Edition • John William Draper
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