"She is understandably derisive about neo-imperialist polemicists...with their forlorn attempts to burnish the luster of empire." Forlorn? Ordinary British remain proud of the empire. It is attempts to tarnish the luster of empire that are forlorn.

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"She is understandably derisive about neo-imperialist polemicists...with their forlorn attempts to burnish the luster of empire." Forlorn? Ordinary British remain proud of the empire. It is attempts to tarnish the luster of empire that are forlorn.

nytimes.com/2022/03/29/books…

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