All 18 Uses of
sovereign
in
The Life and Death of King Richard III
- My Lord of Gloster, in those busy days Which here you urge to prove us enemies, We follow'd then our lord, our sovereign king: So should we you, if you should be our king.†
Scene 1.3
- And like a traitor to the name of God Didst break that vow; and with thy treacherous blade Unripp'dst the bowels of thy sovereign's son.†
Scene 1.4
- Good morrow to my sovereign king and queen; And, princely peers, a happy time of day!†
Scene 2.1
- A blessed labour, my most sovereign lord,— Among this princely heap, if any here, By false intelligence or wrong surmise, Hold me a foe; If I unwittingly, or in my rage, Have aught committed that is hardly borne To any in this presence, I desire To reconcile me to his friendly peace: 'tis death to me to be at enmity; I hate it, and desire all good men's love.†
Scene 2.1
- — My sovereign lord, I do beseech your highness To take our brother Clarence to your grace.†
Scene 2.1
- A boon, my sovereign, for my service done!†
Scene 2.1
- The forfeit, sovereign, of my servant's life; Who slew to-day a riotous gentleman Lately attendant on the Duke of Norfolk.†
Scene 2.1
- Welcome, dear cousin, my thoughts' sovereign: The weary way hath made you melancholy.†
Scene 3.1
- He may command me as my sovereign; But you have power in me as in a kinsman.†
Scene 3.1
- My gracious sovereign?†
Scene 4.2
- All health, my sovereign lord!
Scene 4.3 *sovereign = title for a nation's ruler
- Say I, her sovereign, am her subject low.†
Scene 4.4
- Most mighty sovereign, on the western coast Rideth a puissant navy; to the shore Throng many doubtful hollow-hearted friends, Unarm'd, and unresolv'd to beat them back: 'tis thought that Richmond is their admiral; And there they hull, expecting but the aid Of Buckingham to welcome them ashore.†
Scene 4.4
- I know not, mighty sovereign, but by guess.†
Scene 4.4
- Cold friends to me: what do they in the north, When they should serve their sovereign in the west?†
Scene 4.4
- Most mighty sovereign, You have no cause to hold my friendship doubtful: I never was nor never will be false.†
Scene 4.4
- My gracious sovereign, now in Devonshire, As I by friends am well advertised, Sir Edward Courtney, and the haughty prelate, Bishop of Exeter, his elder brother, With many more confederates, are in arms.†
Scene 4.4
- A good direction, warlike sovereign.†
Scene 5.3
Definition:
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(sovereign) of a person: a nation's ruler or head of state
of a political body: not controlled by outside forces