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  • There kings receiv'd the marks of sov'reign pow'r;

    The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

  • Such was the sov'reign doom, and such the will of Jove.

    Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

  • And to his palace wait their sov'reign thro 'the skies.

    The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

  • Exercise ye'er sov'reign rights, me English frinds. '

    Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • 'Iver since this war started me eyes have been fixed on th' gallant or otherwise, nation or depindancy, fightin 'its brave battle f'r freedom or rebellin' again 'th' sov'reign power, as the case may be, 'he says.

    Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • At length his sov'reign frowns -- the train of state

    English Satires Various 1885

  • Summer waistcoats, three a sov'reign, light and comfortable wear!

    The Bon Gaultier Ballads Theodore Martin 1862

  • Where yonder verdant meadows in distance dim are mounting, waits my sov'reign for his mate: to lead her to his presence

    Tristan und Isolde Richard Wagner 1848

  • Now say to me, my sov'reign, was my impeachment just?

    Tristan und Isolde Richard Wagner 1848

  • Hold'st sov'reign sway; since Jove to thee hath giv'n

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1834

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