Imperial Privilege

Famous quotes containing the words imperial and/or privilege:

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

    “I read, with a kind of hopeless envy, histories and legends of people of our craft who “do not write for money.” It must be a pleasant experience to be able to cultivate so delicate a class of motives for the privilege of doing one’s best to express one’s thoughts to people who care for them. Personally, I have yet to breathe the ether of such a transcendent sphere. I am proud to say that I have always been a working woman, and always had to be ...”
    —Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)