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Meanings of old ascendancy in English

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Usage of old ascendancy in English
1
She therefore returned and exercised her old ascendancy over him once more.
Royalty Restored; Or, London Under Charles II
2
Within old ascendancy estates, meanwhile, lie classical Palladian and rococo country piles.
The Irish Times
3
With his specious address he might have regained his old ascendancy over her had I not interfered.
Strange Visitors / A series of original papers, embracing philos...
4
He assumed his old ascendancy over me.
Strange Visitors / A series of original papers, embracing philos...
5
Their little burst of gay recollections was over, and the restraint had regained its old ascendancy over them.
The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
6
Country house sales boomed this year, with the new tigerocracy paying record prices for estates of the old ascendancy.
The Irish Times
7
He found the appearance of his old ascendancy; but he felt its deceitfulness and uncertainty, and was gloomily dissatisfied.
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
8
She said, We have found that women working together are capable of conjuring their past and reawakening their old ascendancy.
Drawing Down the Moon
9
If their brief interview was to be taken as evidence, she seemed to have regained entirely her old ascendancy over Ruth.
The Coming of Bill
10
The old ascendancy which the great families exercised over New York politics [Footnote: Becker, "Nominations in Colonial New York" (Am.
Rise of the New West, 1819-1829
11
'Are we,' he asked, 'to submit tamely to having the worst evils of the old ascendancy revived in our midst?'
Hyacinth
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