When she fell under the Medici, together with her enemy Florence, she shared the death-quiet the tyrants brought that Prepotent republic, and it was the Medicean strength probably which saved her from Lucca and Genoa, though it left them to continue republics down to the nineteenth century.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells
Westover decided that Mrs. Durgin's Prepotent behavior toward Mrs. Marven the summer before had not hurt her materially, with the witnesses even.
"The Landlord at Lion's Head, Complete"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009
The women wept quietly, but Jeff's eyes were dry, though his face was discharged of all its Prepotent impudence.
"The Landlord at Lion's Head, Complete"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009