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It was created somewhat on the lines of the Savage by men who wrote or drew things, and it has blossomed into most unrepublican luxury.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard

To address a person as Sir, Mr., Mrs., or Miss was unrepublican.

From A Brief History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach

"I feel like a king!" said Japhet promptly,—which had been the height of his unrepublican ambition for some time.

From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan

Besides, it was something that had been unpopular in ancient Greece and Rome, and it was thought to be essentially unrepublican in principle.

From Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins by Fiske, John

All this the Anti- Federalists held to be unrepublican.

From A Brief History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach