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I had a brilliant instance of the capricious restlessness and self-willedness of this despotic monarch Mtésa.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

There should seem to be no doubt, that a sovereign thus liable to be controuled, and punished for an abuse of power, cannot be called a despotic monarch.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time by Kerr, Robert

It was a bold act to run counter to the will of a despotic monarch, especially of one so headstrong and impetuous as Cambyses.

From History of Phoenicia by Rawlinson, George

A despotic monarch may be all full of tenderness at this moment, and all full of wrath and sternness the next.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander

He had not even reflected how a despotic monarch or a federal republic might affect himself, and possibly did not comprehend the meaning of those terms. 

From The Way We Live Now by Trollope, Anthony