But effeminate luxury had killed it. Liberty had surrendered to despotism and the Romans had become slaves.

但是阴柔奢华却终结了它生命，自由向专制低下了头，于是罗马人都成了奴隶。

Despotism itself is obliged to truck and huckster.

专制主义本身就不得不开卡车和小贩。

As a matter of fact, these prudent people exercise in the place the most offensive despotism.

事实上，这些谨慎人在最令人反感专制统治下行事。

That whimsical despotism was in the nineteenth century too.

这种异想天开专制主义也发生在 19 世纪。

" An iron-handed despotism will be the result, " protested a third.

“结果将是铁腕专制，”第三人抗议道。

La Grande Nanon was perhaps the only human being capable of accepting willingly the despotism of her master.

La Grande Nanon 可能是唯一能够心甘情愿地接受主人专制人。

She was ruling a heart with absolute despotism for the first time in her life.

她生平第一次以绝对专制统治一颗心。

Is it not the same despotism which gave rise to the Inquisition and the executions of the Great Revolution?

引起宗教裁判所和大革命处决不是同一种专制主义吗？

For several months, Andros gave the Northern colonies a taste of ill-tempered despotism.

几，安德罗斯让北方殖民地尝到了暴躁专制滋味。

And no one understands better than do Central Europeans what happens when despotism triumphs over liberty.

没有人比中欧人更了解当专制战胜自由时会发生什么。

In that little phrase, as in a seed, is contained the germ of all despotism and of all tyranny.

在那短短一句话中， 就像在种子中一样，包含着一切专制和一切暴政萌芽。

'But I am trying to reconcile your admiration of despotism with your respect for other men's independence of character'.

“但我试图调和你对专制主义钦佩与你对其他人性格独立尊重” 。

This terrible despotism drove from my mind all thoughts of the voluptuous enjoyments I had dreamed of finding at Tours.

这种可怕专制统治使我对在图尔梦寐以求奢侈享乐所有想法都从我脑海中消失了。

While their opponents accused them of despotism, wanting to maintain absolute power in the central government, their real motives were mostly practical.

虽然他们反对者指责他们专制，想在中央政府中保持绝对权力，但他们真正动机大多是实际。

Obedience, unconditional obedience, is the catch-word of tyrants of every description, and to render " assurance doubly sure, " one kind of despotism supports another.

服从，无条件服从，是形形色色暴君口号，为了使“保证更加可靠”，一种专制主义支持另一种专制主义。

During his time there had been a rule of 'enlightened despotism, ' similar to that in the reign of Louis XIV almost 100 years earlier.

在他时代，有一种“开明专制”统治，类似于将近 100 年前路易十四统治时期统治。

It is so in every gradation of despotism, from that of the gentle and mild government of Paris, to that of the violent and furious government of Constantinople.

从温和温和巴黎政府到君士坦丁堡暴力狂暴政府，专制主义每一等级都是如此。

So, all notions that the British were trying to do their colonial enterprise out of enlightened despotism to try and bring the benefits of colonialism and civilisation to the benighted.

因此， 所有想法都认为英国人试图从开明专制主义中进行他们殖民企业，试图将殖民主义和文明好处带给愚昧人。

I maintain that despotism is the best kind of government for them; so that in the hours in which I come in contact with them I must necessarily be an autocrat.

我认为专制对他们说是最好政府；因此，在我与他们接触时间里，我必然是一独裁者。

A standing army, for instance, is incompatible with freedom; because subordination and rigour are the very sinews of military discipline; and despotism is necessary to give vigour to enterprises that one will directs.

例如，常备军与自由不相容；因为服从和严谨是军纪支柱；专制主义对于赋予意志所指导企业以活力是必要。