Imperiale

You must tell him plainly that you have been marquise long enough, and that the moment has come at last for you to have the 'imperiale', ❋ Various (N/A)

[The distinctive mark of duchesses was the 'imperiale'; that is, a rich and costly hammer-cloth of embroidered velvet, edged with gold, which covered the roofs of ducal equipages. ❋ Various (N/A)

You must tell him plainly that you have been marquise long enough, and that the moment has come at last for you to have the 'imperiale', and sign your name in proper style. " ❋ Fran��oise-Ath��na��s De Rochechouart De Mortemart Montespan (1674)

Still dressed in a blue blouse, beneath which he wore a black suit, he smoked his pipe, and superintended the two porters in livery, who were stowing away the luggage in the great imperiale. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The coach, to which were harnessed four iron-gray horses that would have done honor to the Messageries-royales, was divided into three compartments, coupe, interieur, and rotonde, with an imperiale above. ❋ Unknown (2007)

CONDRAYE, their _savon imperiale; _ MONPELAS hys _eau de toilette_, wyth othir lyttle thinges too numerouse to mentyon. ❋ Various (N/A)

JULLIEN, La poesie francaise a l'epoque imperiale (Paris, 1844); ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The captain was a large and important-looking personage, with the black moustache and imperiale of the true Frenchman. ❋ Carolyn Wells (1902)

A car was passing and he boarded it, climbing up to the imperiale. ❋ Unknown (1899)

Behind a green baize-covered table was seated a sharp-looking man, whose face was chiefly composed of eyebrows, pince-nez, a hooked nose, and a furious imperiale. ❋ Louis Tracy (1895)

In any case it will be easy to unearth our unhappy little Opus in question in the Bibliotheque imperiale, where, if necessary, it can be copied for the use of Mr. le Ch. de Montault. ❋ Liszt, Franz (1893)

He arrived one morning on the imperiale of the diligence, chewing an extinguished cigar, and already on good terms with the conductor, to whom, during his journey, he had related the passage of the Porte de Fer; full of indulgence, moreover, for the distractions of his auditor, who often interrupted the recital by some oath or epithet addressed to the off mare. ❋ Fran��ois Copp��e (1875)

Correspondance litteraire addressée a son altesse imperiale, Mgr. le Grand-Duc aujourd'hui Empereur de Russie, etc. 4 vols. ❋ Unknown (1869)

Imidlertid synes disse imperiale ideologer ikke at have læst deres eget dokument ordentligt: ❋ Unknown (2010)

HISTOt Digitized by Google HISTOIRE D E L'ACAD£MIE imperiale m, ❋ I. Akademïi͡a Nauk, Petrograd. [from Old Catalog] (1787)

(Nicholas Sokoloff, L'enquete judiciaire sur l'Assassinat de la famille imperiale. ❋ Unknown (2009)