It is true the invalid sometimes half suspects, not only that he is governed, but somewhat despotically, too, by the worthy and affectionate creature, whose sole study it is to take care of his health.
"The Idler in France"
Marguerite Gardiner
I beg to inform you, Master Raymond, that I am a queen already, and I have reigned longer and more despotically than ever you will, I fancy.
"Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children"
Julian Hawthorne
Few did, and the most willing of all his subjects was the great President, whom tyrant Tad ruled despotically.
"Ten Boys from History"
Kate Dickinson Sweetser