Self-reproach never left him: at one time, for his usurpation of what never was his; at another, for the neglect of poor Mary, who was suffered to grow up without any care of her education, or, indeed, of any attention whatever bestowed upon her.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
The alternative then is presented, either that their exclusion by force has been rightful, or that the military department has been guilty of a gross usurpation.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
Now the weak States have rights as well as the strong ones, and it is the rights of the weak, which the government are especially bound to respect and defend, to prevent usurpation and its legitimate issue, secession from the Union.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard