The diplomatic politicians of whom I speak, and who formed by far the majority in that class, made disadvantageous comparisons even between their more legal and formalizing monarchy and the monarchies of other states, as a system of power and influence.
Burke discusses the unfavorable comparisons made by politicians between different monarchies.
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