单词 | second empire |
释义 | > as lemmasSecond Empire (d) The aggregate of territories under the control of Napoleon III as Emperor of the French, 1852–70; the period of this. Frequently as Second Empire; cf. sense A. 2b(c). Now historical. ΚΠ 1853 C. Gilliess tr. Vicomte de la Guéronnière Napoleon the Third 129 The Empire is accepted as a glorious inheritance and as a great duty by Louis Napoleon. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. iii. 67 He [sc. Napoleon III] was very willing to try to earn for the restored Empire that kind of station and title which the newest of dynasties may acquire by signal achievements in war. 1873 Young Englishwoman Feb. 77/1 The multifarious skirts and retroussis of the Second Empire régime. 1904 M. Beerbohm Around Theatres (1924) II. 60 My imagination roved back to lose itself in the golden haze of the Second Empire. 2001 J. R. Lehning To Be Citizen 22 In November 1873, after the fall of the Empire and the tentative establishment of the Republic, he [sc. Jules Grévy] once again rejected the notion of a plebiscite. < as lemmas |
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