Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that Of blood and chains ? The despotism of vice — The weakness and the wickedness of luxury — The negligence — the apathy — the evils Of sensual sloth — produce ten thousand^ tyrants, Whose delegated cruelty... The Works of George Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life - Page 72 by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 Full view -
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