Temporal Power A Study in Supremacy
Temporal Power A Study in Supremacy
By Marie Corelli
9 Jun, 2020
C'est mon metier d'etre Roi So said one of the many dead and gone martyrs on the rack of sovereignty. Alas, poor soul, thou would'st have been happier in any other metier I warrant! For kingship is a profession which cannot be abandoned for a change
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C'est mon metier d'etre Roi So said one of the many dead and gone martyrs on the rack of sovereignty. Alas, poor soul, thou would'st have been happier in any other metier I warrant! For kingship is a profession which cannot be abandoned for a change of humour, or cast aside in light indifference and independence because a man is bored by it and would have something new. It is a routine and drudgery to which some few are born, for which they are prepared, to which they must devote their span of life, and in which they must die. How shall we pass the day? Asked a weary Roman emperor, I am even tired of killing my enemies! Less