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They knew that a would-be tryant would not be stopped by words.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Federalism Restoration Amendment: Take 2 2010
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They knew that a would-be tryant would not be stopped by words.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Federalism Restoration Amendment: Take 2 2010
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What a great late performance, he knew how to play a cold and ruthless aging tryant whose world was now passing him by.
Patrick McGoohan is no longer a number, he is now a free man | Obsessed With Film 2009
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This war is not about WMDs, not about a brutal tryant, not about evil terrorists, and not about the security of our nation.www. biskeborn.com
In the Case of Iraq, a War Story Might Best Take Place on U.S. Soil 2009
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"We have now seen him for what he is: that is, a most proud, bloody, luxurious, cruel, and selfpleasing tryant."
The Horse and His Boy Lewis, C. S. 1954
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"We have now seen him for what he is: that is, a most proud, bloody, luxurious, cruel, and selfpleasing tryant."
The Horse And His Boy Lewis, C S 1954
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The above-named captain sent a great and notorious tryant, who surpassed many of those who have charge of destroying those countries, with a certain number of Spaniards, to punish those
Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings Francis Augustus MacNutt
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Doctor Harmon said she was a little tryant, and the nurse that she was plain cross.
The Harvester 1911
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Doctor Harmon said she was a little tryant, and the nurse that she was plain cross.
The Harvester Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
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At his own little farm there was yet another plague in the form of an old broken-winged gander, "the pest and tryant of the yard," whose unpleasant habit it was to go for the beasts and seize them by the fetlocks.
Afoot in England 1881
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