in one's power
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I don't agree with you," said a gentleman whom I did not know; "impatience sometimes seizes one towards the end of an undertaking, and one employs the readiest means then in one's power.
From Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe Marguerite de Valois, Madame de Pompadour, and Catherine de Medici by Various
"But is it always in one's power to pass on one's possessions?" questioned Max.
From The Keeper of the Door by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
But, to be insulted and defied by a rebel in one's power, what prince can bear that?
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 by Richardson, Samuel
In the unfortunate circumstances in which you are placed," he explained, "it seems to me that the least one can do is to offer every assistance in one's power.
From With Edged Tools by Merriman, Henry Seton
Overmaster, ō-vėr-mas′tėr, v.t. to subdue, to govern: to get and keep in one's power.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
