| The old Kittredge had sought only his own aggrandizement, and his son was his son. |
| It is often said that the 20th century dealt harshly with legislatures, leading to executive aggrandizement. |
| And at no time did personal aggrandizement or recognition or reward figure in such deeds. |
| Rome had been too occupied with politics and aggrandizement ever to become cultured. |
| For not so much to his own strength as to your laziness does he owe his present aggrandizement. |
| In every case the ruler has sought his own aggrandizement and greater power. |
