Perhaps, Sir, I am mistaken in my idea of an empire, as distinguished from a single state or kingdom. But my idea of it is this : that an empire is the aggregate of many states under one common head, whether this head be a monarch or a presiding republic. The Constitutional Review - Page 401924Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...empire, as distinguished from a single state or kingdom. But my idea of it is this ; that an empire is the aggregate of many states under one common head...whether this head be a monarch, or a presiding republic. It does, in such constitutions, frequently happen (and nothing but the dismal, cold, dead uniformity... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 676 pages
...fingle ftate or kingdom. But my idea of it is this ; that an empire is the aggregate of many ftates, under one common head; whether this head be a monarch, or a prefiding republic. It does, in fuch conftitutions, frequently happen (and nothing but the difmal,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1798 - 330 pages
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| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
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| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...empire, as distinguished from a single state or kingdom. But my idea of it is this ; that an empire is the aggregate of many states, under one common head, whether this head be a monarch, or a presiding republick. It does, in such constitutions, frequently happen (and nothing but the dismal, cold, dead... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
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| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1813 - 768 pages
...empire, as distinguished from a single state or kingdom. But my idea of it is this ; that an empire is the aggregate of many states under one common head...whether this head be a monarch, or a presiding republic. It does, in such constitutions, frequently happen (and nothing but the dismal, cold, dead uniformity... | |
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