The Revolution in 1688, instead of changing, preserved one form of government; which King James II. intended to subvert, and establish absolute power in the Crown.英文原著 · 《Letters to His Son, 1748》
"If there is an earthly crime," said Mrs. Calvert, "for the due punishment of which the Almighty may be supposed to subvert the order of nature, it is fratricide. But tell me, dear friend, did you remark to what the subtile and hellish villain was endeavouring to prompt the assassin?"英文原著 · 《The Private Memoirs and Confessions of A Justified Sinner》
Book ii. 1, �� 3; tit. 18, �� 1. Ricaut, State of the Ottoman Empire, p. It may be complicated with the scurvy, which, in some countries especially, renders a man whimsical and unsupportable to himself. See Pirard, Voyages, part II, 21. Here I take this word for the design of subverting the established power, and especially that of democracy; this is the signification in which it was understood by the Greeks and Romans. Chapter 58, ��� 1, 2.英文原著 · 《The Spirit of Laws》
With diviner features doth it now arise, seducing by its suffering; and verily! it will yet thank you for o'erthrowing it, ye subverters!英文原著 · 《Thus Spake Zarathustra》
[FN#146] Vishnu, as a dwarf, sank down into and secured in the lower regions the Raja Bali, who by his piety and prayerfulness was subverting the reign of the lesser gods; as Ramachandra he built a bridge between Lanka (Ceylon) and the main land; and as Krishna he defended, by holding up a hill as an umbrella for them, his friends the shepherds and shepherdesses from the thunders of Indra, whose worship they had neglected.英文原著 · 《Vikram and the Vampire》
I put that on my nametag as a dumb joke to subvert the idea of co-opting personal identity to further corporate branding which, as I'm saying it, isn't much of a joke.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》