Uniting their talents and their rancour against the imperious and uncompromising woman who had compassed their disgrace, Harley and Bolingbroke, in their turn, had set about overthrowing the sway of the Duchess.
But, besides thus rendering the position of things worse than it was before in this respect, the council had taken the still more extraordinary step of overthrowing the autocracy of the pope.
Instead of assisting at making this the best government in the world of nations, my efforts have been joined with men laboring to attain place and emolument by overthrowing honesty.
The warrior maid, Bradamant, sister of Rinaldo, afteroverthrowing Sacripant, pursued her way through the forest in search of Rogero the pagan.
Astolpho was in his own armor and bore his wondrous spear, which had the power of overthrowing every one whom it so much as touched.
Lenin wrote in The Chief Tasks of Our Times: “Only a madman can imagine that the task of overthrowing international imperialism can be fulfilled by Russians alone.
And this was the final event that determined Catherine to become a revolutionist and bend all her energies to overthrowing the Czar's government.
He hopes that Dumouriez will succeed in overthrowing the regicides at Paris.
It ended with the statement that other nations would soon imitate France (that is by overthrowing the monarchy) and would "arm themselves for the purpose of claiming the Rights of Man.
In truth it was wonderful a see how credulous this opulent merchant was; and how readily he fell into all the visionary schemes for overthrowing governments that had their origin in the disordered brain of my hero.
But the English charged, and drove the Normans before them till they made them fall back upon this fosse, overthrowing into it horses and men.
Here were gathered also many civilian enemies of the Bolsheviki, with the same hope of overthrowing them by military force.
Since we here are concerned with the task of overthrowing the bourgeoisie, only fools or traitors will insist on the formal equality of the bourgeoisie.
Trotsky talked openly in Moscow about overthrowing the Chinese revolutionaries, and hijacking the Chinese revolution with the Chinese Communists, while Stalin believed in appeasing the Nationalists longer before discarding them.
Are they willing in overthrowing that Government to avow the policy of this Proclamation for India?
It is a question of slavery, and for thirty years it has constantly been coming to the surface, disturbing social life, and overthrowing almost all political harmony in the working of the United States.
He dreamt, after a rapid settlement of the difficulties there, of either marrying Elizabeth of England, or of overthrowingthat heretic Queen and ascending the throne as the husband of her rival Mary Queen of Scots.
Already Philip dreamed of overthrowing Elizabeth of England, of placing Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne, and of subjugating France under his lieutenant, the Duke of Guise.
France followed in the footsteps of liberty, and, overthrowing the rotten throne of the Bourbons, was the first European state to give an impulse to freedom in the old world.
They conceived the project of getting rid of these ministers whose bold discourses were overthrowing the most time-honoured customs; and it was not long before a favourable opportunity occurred.
A frightful earthquake, overthrowing the mountains, and destroying the greater part of the dwellers on earth, closes this age.
The opposition majority had no motive for doing it, and he did not believe that the federalists would, at the first failure of their power, revenge themselves by overthrowing the government.
At the same time it was said that Vignon and his party had resolved to turn circumstances to account, with the object of overthrowing the ministry.
And it was this grand scheme that he had abandoned, preferring to employ his explosive in killing innocent people and overthrowing a church, which would be built afresh, whatever the cost, and become a sanctuary of martyrs!
And, by the way, as regards his interpellation to-day, he is convinced that in overthrowing the Barroux ministry he'll be hastening his own turn.
In their eyes, it was the Hellenic civilisation overthrowing the presumption of the Western barbarians.
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