The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world.
The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world.
Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also make it an incredibly fertile place culturally. A brilliant place to live. Sad but true.
Her mother was an overwhelming force, ... Her father was emphatic and imperious.
Now she unweaves the web that she hath wrought;
Adonis lives, and Death is not to blame;
It was not she that call'd him all to naught:
Now she adds honours to his hateful name;
She clepes him king of graves and grave for kings,
Imperious supreme of all mortal things.
Within him, as he hurled himself forward, was born a love, a despairing fondness for this flag which was near him. It was a creation of beauty and invulnerability. It was a goddess, radiant, that bended its form with an imperious gesture to him. It was a woman, red and white, hating and loving, that called him with the voice of his hopes.
There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.
Those who are surly and imperious to their inferiors are generally humble, flattering and cringing to their superiors.
The people who know Kerry best consider Kerry aloof, imperious and condescending. Even worse, Kerry can't seem to retain their names.
Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.
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