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1  Here commences a new dominion acquired with a title by divine right.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
ContextHighlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER XII.
2  But it must be observed, that this island cannot move beyond the extent of the dominions below, nor can it rise above the height of four miles.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
ContextHighlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER III.
3  It is justifiable to enter into war against our nearest ally, when one of his towns lies convenient for us, or a territory of land, that would render our dominions round and complete.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
ContextHighlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER V.
4  I began my discourse by informing his majesty, that our dominions consisted of two islands, which composed three mighty kingdoms, under one sovereign, beside our plantations in America.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VI.
5  I was curious to know how this prince, to whose dominions there is no access from any other country, came to think of armies, or to teach his people the practice of military discipline.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VII.
6  It is a very kingly, honourable, and frequent practice, when one prince desires the assistance of another, to secure him against an invasion, that the assistant, when he has driven out the invader, should seize on the dominions himself, and kill, imprison, or banish, the prince he came to relieve.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
ContextHighlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER V.
7  But I was soon informed, both by conversation and reading their histories; for, in the course of many ages, they have been troubled with the same disease to which the whole race of mankind is subject; the nobility often contending for power, the people for liberty, and the king for absolute dominion.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VII.