Sentence examples for imperial command from inspiring English sources

Mr. Valdés has long been a pianist of imperial command, possessed of a dazzling, deceptively casual virtuosity.

It was the first of six officially compiled chronicles that were continued to 887 by imperial command.

By imperial command in 1165 he canonized Charlemagne at Aachen, a decree never confirmed by the church, although Charlemagne is now regarded as having been informally beatified.

The value placed on the skillful composition of poetry led to the compilation in 905 of the Kokinshū (or Kokin wakashū), the first of a series of anthologies of verse made at imperial command.

In 355 Liberius was one of the few bishops who refused to sign the condemnation, which had been imposed at Milan by imperial command upon all the Western bishops.

With his rich, Shakespearean voice, air of feverish intelligence and commitment to follow the high artistic road by appearing in personal, independent films, CAMPBELL SCOTT may be the quintessential serious New York 40-something screen actor, one who combines his father George C. Scott's imperial command and his mother Colleen Dewhurst's passionate earnestness.

In addition, most of the residents of San Juan remained dependent on Spain's administrative and military assistance and willingly followed imperial commands, though they ultimately served French designs.

They don't constrain the text in any way, they aren't in competition with it... but on the reader these fully formed inserts scare me, they look like imperial commands.

When the imperial commander in chief proved incapable, Franz Joseph himself took over the supreme command, but he could not prevent the defeat of Solferino (June 24 , 1859.

The big story here is the roast duck, served Cantonese-style at £75, and available with eight different grades of caviar, rising to Imperial Beluga commanding a £200 supplement.

Whether or not these restrictions were carried out with absolute success in his reign, eunuchs during the Yongle Emperor's reign and afterwards managed huge imperial workshops, commanded armies, and participated in matters of appointment and promotion of officials.