The right of all but unbounded wrong, the liberty of limitless caprice, is unquestionably vested in the head of the household.

But the very completeness of the despotism rendered its exercise impossible.

Force cannot act where there is no resistance.
The sword of the Plantagenet could cleave the helmet but not the quilt of down.

I could do as I pleased without infringing any understanding or giving any right to complain.
"But," said Eveena, "you have a sense of justice which has nothing to do with law or usage.

Even your language is not ours.