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tyranny
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Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson
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- AND CAN I THEN BUT PRAY OTHERS MAY NEVER FEEL TYRANNIC SWAY?†
p. 8.2 *
- —ENGLISH AUTHOR SAMUEL JOHNSON IN HIS POLITICAL PAMPHLET, TAXATION NO TYRANNY†
p. 36.3
- REMEMBER ALL MEN WOULD BE TYRANTS IF THEY COULD.... THAT YOUR SEX ARE NATURALLY TYRANNICAL IS A TRUTH SO THOROUGHLY ESTABLISHED AS TO ADMIT OF NO DISPUTE, BUT SUCH OF YOU AS WISH TO BE HAPPY WILLINGLY GIVE UP THE HARSH TITLE OF MASTER FOR THE MORE TENDER AND ENDEARING ONE OF FRIEND.†
p. 79.3tyrannical = harsh and unjust
Definitions:
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(1)
(tyranny) harsh and unjust rule
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)