empire (n.)
- administration
- ally
- archduchy
- authority
- caliphate
- chieftaincy
- city-state
- claws
- clutches
- colony
- command
- commonweal
- commonwealth
- control
- country
- county
- direction
- discipline
- dispensation
- disposition
- domain
- dominion
- duchy
- dukedom
- earldom
- governance
- government
- grip
- hand
- hands
- imperialism
- jurisdiction
- kingship
- land
- majesty
- management
- mandant
- mandate
- mandatory
- nation
- nationality
- oversight
- polis
- polity
- possession
- power
- principality
- protectorate
- province
- raj
- realm
- regime
- regimen
- regnancy
- regulation
- reign
- republic
- royalty
- rule
- satellite
- settlement
- sovereignty
- state
- sultanate
- superpower
- supervision
- sway
- territory
A cutpurse of the empire and the rule,
That from a shelf the precious diadem stole,
And put it in his pocket!
The empire is peace.
My mind to me an empire is,
While grace affordeth health.
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter is little known out of Germany. The only thing connected with him, we think, that has reached this country is his saying,—imported by Madame de Staël, and thankfully pocketed by most newspaper critics,—"Providence has given to the French the empire of the land; to the English that of the sea; to the Germans that of—the air!"
Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter is little known out of Germany. The only thing connected with him, we think, that has reached this country is his saying,—imported by Madame de Staël, and thankfully pocketed by most newspaper critics,—"Providence has given to the French the empire of the land; to the English that of the sea; to the Germans that of—the air!"
For we by conquest, of our soveraine might,
And by eternall doome of Fate's decree,
Have wonne the Empire of the Heavens bright.
Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter is little known out of Germany. The only thing connected with him, we think, that has reached this country is his saying,—imported by Madame de Staël, and thankfully pocketed by most newspaper critics,—"Providence has given to the French the empire of the land; to the English that of the sea; to the Germans that of—the air!"
The sun never sets on the immense empire of Charles V.
O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea,
Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free,
Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam,
Survey our empire, and behold our home!
These are our realms, no limit to their sway,—
Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey.
Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd,
Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
Religion blushing, veils her sacred fires,
And unawares Morality expires.
Nor public flame nor private dares to shine;
Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine!
Lo! thy dread empire Chaos is restor'd,
Light dies before thy uncreating word;
Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall,
And universal darkness buries all.
Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay.
Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first acts already past,
A fifth shall close the drama with the day:
Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Westward the star of empire takes its way.—
O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea,
Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free,
Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam,
Survey our empire, and behold our home!
These are our realms, no limit to their sway,—
Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey.
