imperious vs lofty

imperious

adj
  • Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing. 

  • Urgent. 

lofty

adj
  • extremely proud; arrogant; haughty 

  • high, tall, having great height or stature 

  • idealistic, implying over-optimism 

How often have the words imperious and lofty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )