Sentence examples for first empire from inspiring English sources

First, empire is too expensive.

"The first empire is not in any way about sport.

The first Empire Games took place in 1930.

His Mémoires provide a colourful but not very reliable commentary on the First Empire.

His memoirs revived interest in the incidents and personalities of the First Empire but are not always historically reliable.

The women of the French Directoire and First Empire (1795-1814) wore flesh-toned body stockings beneath their filmy chemise dresses, creating the tantalizing illusion of unclad limbs.

Then the Second Empire fell.

THE FIFTH EMPIRE Opens today in Manhattan.

Its huge Second Empire bulk arrived unappreciated and departed unmourned.

The second empire promised France stability and prosperity.

At the same time, though, "The Fifth Empire" is hypnotic.