Sentences with phrase «benevolent despot»
Reaching the throne fired by Enlightenment philosophy and determined to become the embodiment of the «benevolent despot» idealized by Montesquieu, she found herself always contending with the deeply ingrained realities of Russian life, including serfdom.
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In this faithful film adaptation of the longest - running non-musical play in Broadway history, William Powell stars as Clarence Day, the benevolent despot of his 1880s New York City household.
While most players revere Federer and regard him as a sort of benevolent despot, Djokovic, 20, goes light on the deference.
Ford, Lewis S., «God as King: Benevolent Despot or Constitutional Monarch?»
Personally, I prefer the title «Benevolent Despot».
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The Fairy Godmother (played brillaintly by Jennifer Saunders) is not a benevolent aid to our heroes, but a scheming, manipulative, power - hungry despot wanting to rule the kingdom through her son (not unlike Livia in I, Claudius).