Culture is so catholic that celebrities who in the old days would have been monopolised by esoteric cliques are common property.
The principal posts were monopolised by the Larrain family, greatly to the disgust of Carrera.
The rich woman of the world and the influential critic monopolised his attention.
It seems to be one of the strange devices which Providence adopts for putting excessive or monopolised wealth into circulation.
At that period the Italians held secret the art of silk-throwing, and monopolised the market.
The Derwent was formerly navigable up to Derby, but the right of communication was sold to the proprietors of two canal companies, who, before the introduction of railways, monopolised the traffic.
The face of Mr. Horace Pendyce's coachmanmonopolised the light of the solitary station lantern.
You have monopolised her all the way, and I know she is dying for a talk with Aunt Milly; you must put up with me instead,' said the little lady, defiantly.
Miss Trelawny, who was seated at his right hand, monopolised the greater share of his attentions, and Mildred fancied that her naivete and freshness were highly attractive, as every now and then an amused smile crossed his face.
The usual encamping ground at Arabdera was found to be pre-occupied by a nomade tribe of Bedouin goat-herds, who monopolised the scanty water.
The warriors are similarly armed, and adopt the green sprig of asparagus in token of deeds of blood; and the only existing difference would appear to be, that the booty captured in war is not monopolisedby the crown.
The middle class, rich and instructed, obtained an influence which formerly had been monopolised by the noblesse, and aspired to the destruction of privileges which it did not enjoy.
Then for the first time she is allowed to help herself to the faculties and senses usually monopolised by the Conscious Self.
As the chief administrator and chief treasurer, the Soga family could not dispense with the employment of secretaries, whose posts were monopolised at that time by groups of immigrant scribes.
If it was a difficult matter, then we cannot expect to find any sort of culture monopolised by a certain class to the last.
Among the merchants there were ten, at first, who monopolised the municipal government, each of them being very rich as the proprietors of certain storehouses on the beach, the rents of which paid them a good income.
In other words, the culture, essentially Chinese, of the high circles of society was not monopolised by the men only, but shared by the women.
All the high and lucrative offices were monopolised by the members of that able and ambitious family.
In this way military affairs became the hereditary profession of certain families which happened to be engaged in them most frequently, and were at last monopolised by them.
This influential family of the Fujiwara, together with a few other nobles of different lineage, including scions of the imperial family, monopolised almost all the wealth and power in the country.
This contempt monopolised her mind the following day.
But when Julien, who was listening at the moment with downcast eyes to the lamentations of the bishop, had at length got free and was able to get near his friend, he found him monopolised by the abominable little Tanbeau.
The only complaint he had to make against the white man was that he monopolised the land without having any intention or prospect of cultivating it.
The Indians did not get up a dance--for the whites and mamelucos hadmonopolised all the pretty coloured girls for their own ball, and the older squaws preferred looking on to taking a part themselves.
Of course it would be idle to pretend that I monopolised the innumerable curiosities, which Ellis was continually having through his hands.
I confidently anticipate that in the early future the money of the various political divisions of Europe will appreciably usurp the position at present almost monopolised among ourselves by our own money or that of the ancients.
He monopolised all conversation during the dinner, but only trifles were talked of.
Every scholar in that age was more or less obscure, for the multitude was illiterate, and sovereigns and soldiers monopolised the public attention.
He was odd in that bibulous age, inasmuch as he never permitted wine to tempt his palate to the detriment of his brains, and he listened gravely to the conversation that was being monopolised at the head of the table round the Duke.
Count Victor turned suddenly and saw a responsive hand withdrawn from the window that had so far monopolised all his interest in Doom's exterior.
In the fourteenth century itmonopolised the Baltic trade, and was courted by all the nations which had interests in that sea.
Now, Monsieur Boncoeur, of the first-floor of the corner of the Rue Montmartre, might have monopolised the whole Monthyon endowment for the last fifteen years.
It might have occurred sooner, had his mind not been monopolised with the hope of being able to row the raft to windward.
One, however, soon monopolised his attention; and that was a barrel of somewhat flimsy structure, and about the size of those usually employed for carrying flour.
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