Which preposition to use with tyrant

of Occurrences 157%

Man, the minority, remains the popular tyrant of population.

in Occurrences 45%

It was by such conduct as has been cited that those heroes of yore were wont to preserve us and give us liberty, while he took away all our liberty from us, so far as was in his power, destroyed the whole democracy, set up a despot in place of a consul, a tyrant in place of a dictator over us.

to Occurrences 33%

Into the latter town he made a triumphal entry, through streets lined on both sides with the principal inhabitants, whom he passed by in disdainful silence, and who humbly followed the Gaucho tyrant to his quarters in a clover-field, where he allowed them to stand in anxious humiliation while he conversed at length with an old negress whom he seated by his side.

at Occurrences 15%

As cool, saucy, hard-handed, and soft-hearted a little specimen of young America was Toady as you would care to see; a tyrant at home, a rebel at school, a sworn foe to law, order, and Aunt Kipp.

with Occurrences 14%

But who hath plaid the Tyrant with me thus, And with such dangerous spite abus'd my picture? Onae.

over Occurrences 13%

To name any living person would be to set a tyrant over my native city.

from Occurrences 9%

Pride, Honour, Glory, and Ambition strive How to expel this Tyrant from my Soul, But all too weak, though Reason should assist them.

for Occurrences 8%

The poor people had now three tyrants for one.

as Occurrences 7%

FIRDUSI'S SATIRE ON MAHMUD Know, tyrant as thou art, this earthly state Is not eternal, but of transient date; Fear God, then, and afflict not human-kind; To merit Heaven, be thou to Heaven resigned.

than Occurrences 5%

A Vice of a more lively Nature were a more desirable Tyrant than this Rust of the Mind, which gives a Tincture of its Nature to every Action of ones Life.

on Occurrences 4%

And now the desperado reigned, A tyrant on the waves; While they whose blood his hands had stained, Went down to watery graves.

like Occurrences 3%

Sir John is like the elder Mr. Bond, except that he talks more readily; but he is womanly in his nature, not a tyrant like Whewell.

by Occurrences 2%

He caused Alva's statue to be removed; and hoped to efface the memory of the tyrant by dissolving the Council of Blood and abandoning the obnoxious taxes which their inventor had suspended rather than abolished.

without Occurrences 1%

If then any man neither wishing to die nor to live by all means, but only as it may be permitted, approaches the tyrant what hinders him from approaching the tyrant without fear?

after Occurrences 1%

Surely it was bad enough when a man sets up to be a domestic tyrant after marriage.

against Occurrences 1%

[-35-] "Seeing this, do we delay and give way to weakness and train up so monstrous a tyrant against our own selves?

before Occurrences 1%

Were there no tyrants before the clergy, &c.? Page 236.

beyond Occurrences 1%

She obeyed him always, until he became unreasonable and a tyrant beyond even the endurance of a German daughter.

into Occurrences 1%

Thomas, the king said, had entered as a tyrant into his land, had excommunicated the bishops for obedience to the king, had troubled the whole realm, had purposed to take away the royal crown from his son, had begged for a legation against Henry, and had obtained from the Pope grants of presentations to churches, which deprived knights and barons as well as the king himself of their property.

near Occurrences 1%

There was something very hospitable about it, as if man had never shown himself a tyrant near them.

out Occurrences 1%

The heroine of your song shall be more famous than the themes of Greek song, yes even than the Roman Lucrece for whose honor your sires drove the tyrants out of Rome.

under Occurrences 1%

But Húm was too much delighted with having the tyrant under his feet to consider either his safety or his feelings, and was not long in bringing him to the Persian king.

about Occurrences 1%

He gave her the impression of a petty tyrant about to bestow largess upon an obsequious and fawning slave.

Which preposition to use with  tyrant