All 9 Uses of
usurp
in
The Life and Death of King Richard III
- A husband and a son thou ow'st to me,— And thou a kingdom,—all of you allegiance: This sorrow that I have, by right is yours; And all the pleasures you usurp are mine.†
Scene 1.3
- Dead life, blind sight, poor mortal living ghost, Woe's scene, world's shame, grave's due by life usurp'd, Brief abstract and record of tedious days, Rest thy unrest on England's lawful earth, [Sitting down.†
Scene 4.4
- Thou didst usurp my place,
Scene 4.4 *usurp = seize or take control without authority
- Thou didst usurp my place, and dost thou not Usurp the just proportion of my sorrow?†
Scene 4.4
- Profan'd, dishonour'd, and the third usurp'd.†
Scene 4.4
- By nothing; for this is no oath: Thy George, profan'd, hath lost his lordly honour; Thy garter, blemish'd, pawn'd his knightly virtue; Thy crown, usurp'd, disgrac'd his kingly glory.†
Scene 4.4
- The wretched, bloody, and usurping boar That spoil'd your summer fields and fruitful vines, Swills your warm blood like wash, and makes his trough In your embowell'd bosoms,—this foul swine Lies now even in the centre of this isle, Near to the town of Leicester, as we learn: From Tamworth thither is but one day's march.†
Scene 5.2
- ] O Thou Whose captain I account myself, Look on my forces with a gracious eye; Put in their hands Thy bruising irons of wrath, That they may crush down with a heavy fall The usurping helmets of our adversaries!†
Scene 5.3
- Lo, here, this long-usurped royalty From the dead temples of this bloody wretch Have I pluck'd off, to grace thy brows withal.†
Scene 5.5
Definition:
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(usurp) seize or take control without authority