Had Mr. Dorr taken the arms against the present government of Rhode Island, without having previously applied for a modification of the despotical law; Mr. Dorr would be liable to few months imprisonment.
And that hunger is originated from the continual plunders which the despotical foreign powers in Italy, and surrounding Italy, are unlawfully forcing on us to maintain an exorbitant army, with which to distress us.
I would prefer to live in a country under a despotical prince, than in a country where a despotical law can condemn the high minded, who could not submit to it.
The imprisonment given to Mr. Dorr for having fought against the very despotical law of ancient England; Rhode Island reproaches, with it, the very noble acts of the fathers of her country!
And forfeiture gives the third despotical power to lords for their own benefit, over those who are stripped of all property.
Thirdly, Despotical power is an absolute, arbitrary power one man has over another, to take away his life, whenever he pleases.
Whether oppression, injustice, and cruelty, are the only evils which attend on despotical government, may be considered apart.
In the first period of its exercise over men who have acted as members of a free community, it can have only laid the foundation, not completed the fabric, of a despotical policy.
But it is the highest refinement of a despotical government, to rule by simple commands, and to exclude every art but that of compulsion.
Here justice may sometimes direct the arm of the despotical sovereign; but the name of justice is most commonly employed to signify the interest or the caprice of a reigning power.
When he hopes to be safe, he possibly means to be just; but is hurried, from the first moment of his usurpation, into every exercise of despotical power.
They even sometimes acknowledge, that if a succession of good princes could be found, despotical government is best calculated for the happiness of mankind.
Oppression and cruelty are not always necessary to despotical government; and even when present, are but a part of its evils.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "despotical" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
