Citations:dominion


 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought, for the dominion I should acquire and transmit over the elemental foes of our race.
 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for this is thy dominion!