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" ... To avoid all confusion, therefore, it seems expedient to use the term democracy rather than republic for the government which is in the hands of the people. Republic does not really express this idea correctly ; it means commonwealth. Many writers... "
Dr. Irving's catechism of general knowledge, by a Cambridge M.A. - Page 47
by Christopher Irving - 1858
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Introduction to the Science of Government: And Compend of Constitutional and ...

Andrew White Young - 1835 - 316 pages
...that they do not seem to know that they could be in a better condition. 2. An aristocracy. This is a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by privileged What is a despotism ? Give the original signification of the word despot. Its present. Define...
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Political philosophy [by H.P. Brougham].

Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1843 - 216 pages
...idea correctly ; it means commonwealth. Many writers have used it to designate a popular government, a government in which the supreme power is exercised...into two classes — Aristocratic and Democratic, according as a portion or the whole of the people govern. But the name of a republic has also been...
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Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III ...

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1844 - 394 pages
...idea correctly; it means commonwealth. Many writers have used it to designate a popular government, a government in which the supreme power is exercised...republics into two classes— Aristocratic and Democratic, according as a portion or the whole of the people govern. But the name of a republic has also been...
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Of democracy. Mixed monarchy

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1853 - 456 pages
...idea correctly ; it means commonwealth. Many writers have used it to designate a popular government, a government in which the supreme power is exercised...from monarchy. Thus they divide republics into two classes—Aristocratic and Democratic, according as a portion or the whole of the people govern. But...
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The school etymological dictionary and word-book. (Chiefly an abridgment ...

James Stormonth - 1872 - 290 pages
...death; decease. democracy, n. d8-m&k'r&-sl (Gr. demos, the people ; hrateo, I reign as a sovereign), a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by the people : dem'ocrat, n. a friend to popular government: democratic, a., also democrat'ical, a, demolish,...
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The handy school dictionary, pronouncing and explanatory

James Stormonth - 1874 - 330 pages
...dii-mdr'-lf, that which deserves punishment. demise, n. dS-mlz', death. democracy, n. dg-mdk'-rd-st, a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by the pr»ple: dem'ocrat, n. a friend to popular government : democratic, a., also democrat 'ical, a....
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Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: Including a ...

James Stormonth - 1879 - 810 pages
...democracy—from demos, the people, and Icrateo, I am strong, I reign as a sovereign), government by the people ; a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by the people collectively: democrat, n. dôtn'-o-krat, a friend to popular government: dem'ocrat'Ic,...
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The Columbian Cyclopedia, Volume 9

1897 - 868 pages
...— from drmos, the people; /crated, I. am strong, I reign as a sovereign]: government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by the people collectively. DEMOCRAT, n. dem'6-krat, a friend to popular government. DEM'OCRAT'IC, a....
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The Law Quarterly Review, Volume 37

Frederick Pollock - 1921 - 546 pages
...give demos and Jtratus through derivatives, which leads to the same meaning. properly speaking, is a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by the people collectively. Many experiences of such a form of government have been attempted, but they...
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