It is easy to imagine that such a king should be the tool of others; that favourites should guide him; that mistresses should corrupt him; that the atmosphere of a bad Court should be used to degrade free government.
Bagehot warns of the dangers of a king being influenced by corrupting forces within a bad court atmosphere.
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