| 1. | Will arrogate Dominion undeserv'. - from Paradise Lost by John Milton |
| 2. | Far be it from me to arrogate to myself the attributes of the Deity. - from Dracula by Bram Stoker |
| 3. | "The human and fallible should not arrogate a power with which the divine and perfect alone can be safely intrusted.. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 4. | "No, indeed," replied Monte Cristo with a smile, "I do not arrogate to myself the right of so doing.. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 5. | "And who are you, then, that arrogate to yourself this tyrannical right over free and rational beings. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 6. | Thinking the opportunity favourable for a revolt, a faction, headed by Menesthius, a descendant of Erechtheus, arrogated to themselves supreme power, and seized the reins of government. - from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens |
| 7. | The one Against the universal ensign rears The yellow lilies, and with partial aim That to himself the other arrogates So that 't is hard to see which more offends. - from The Divine Comedy, Complete by Dante Alighieri |