Jan put up his hand with a sweep of authority-this being the only mannerism acquired during his Emperorship which had not been dropped.
"The Emperor of Portugallia"
Selma Lagerlof
Everything had passed off so happily and well for him for three whole months, so of course he could not think she had been dissatisfied with his Emperorship.
"The Emperor of Portugallia"
Selma Lagerlof
Kingship and Emperorship would remain a gorgeous ornament upon the simple and appropriate dress of democracy, a beautiful superfluity that democracy allows itself, a relic of all the historically venerable, primitive ornaments, nay the symbol of history itself, and in this unique position a highly effective thing if, as above said, it does not stand alone, but is put on the right side.
"Human, All-Too-Human, Part II"
Friedrich Nietzsche