1
Despotism is the madness of power; in women the despot is caprice.
2
That despot must have a plastic surgery week in and week out.
3
An evilly disposed despot could have used it to practice unspeakable oppression.
4
In the firm of Bannister & Co. he was an untrammelled despot.
5
This despot was one of the most remarkable men of the period.
6
He was active & progressive but eccentric and a despot at home.
7
Strong in him it was, and untrammelled of that murderous despot Fear.
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A despot always has his good moments; an assembly of despots never.
9
Joseph II was not the only benevolent despot who met with discouragement.
10
The whole place proclaimed itself to be the whim of a despot.
11
A despot must feel that he is the pivot of the State.
12
Once upon a time there was an ancient despot called Konosuke Tsuru.
13
The king of Naples and Sicily, Francis II., was a typical despot.
14
Carlyle had an admiration for the despot, while the Italian loathed tyranny.
15
And this brings us to that mysterious and impalpable despot, the Censor.
16
The sovereign of Hanover was a positive despot, both politically and socially.
