Imperial

Imperial

Imperial is a term that is used to describe something that relates to an empire, emperor, or the concept of imperialism.

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Famous quotes containing the word imperial:

    “Insensibility, of all kinds, and on all occasions, most moves my imperial displeasure.”
    —Frances Burney (1752–1840)

    “Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore.”
    —Apocrypha. Ecclesiasticus, 44:14.

    The line “their name liveth for evermore” was chosen by Rudyard Kipling on behalf of the Imperial War Graves Commission as an epitaph to be used in Commonwealth War Cemeteries. Kipling had himself lost a son in the fighting.

    “The imperial votaress passed on,
    In maiden meditation, fancy-free.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)