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Definition
harsh and unjust rule
- Her affection tired very soon, however, and when she grew peevish, Hindley became tyrannical.Chapter 6 (18% in)
- The servants could not bear his tyrannical and evil conduct long: Joseph and I were the only two that would stay.Chapter 8 (22% in)
- I could not picture a father treating a dying child as tyrannically and wickedly as I afterwards learned Heathcliff had treated him, to compel this apparent eagerness: his efforts redoubling the more imminently his avaricious and unfeeling plans were threatened with defeat by death.Chapter 25 (97% in)
- In a month or two, my lad, you'll be able to pay her back her present tyrannies with a vigorous hand.Chapter 27 (68% in)
There are no more uses of "tyranny" in Wuthering Heights.
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