Sentence examples for ancient affair from inspiring English sources

This is an ancient affair, gift of Sir Thomas Seymour in 1693, when he refused to become a Touch-Warden.

The carrousel is an ancient affair that the Board of Transportation took over some years ago in Coney Island, as part of the non-rolling stock of the old B.-M.T. trolley line.

Their conversations, often about the ancient Bonwiller affair, form another of the book's strands, though Trieste is less a character than a case study: "I could hear in her northern hillbilly voice what I later came to learn was her father's social opposition.

But on a lovely warm afternoon yesterday, aside from the statue of Johnny U outside the handsome new stadium and one fan wearing a purple Unitas No. 19 shirt, it was hard for the naked eye to detect the ancient love affair with the Colts, long gone to Indianapolis.

Where we dare to drift back into that dream tangle and rekindle our ancient love affair with each other and the earth.

Other scholars praised the essay, especially its insights into the close relationship of science and technology in ancient political affairs.

Since Shakespeare is intruding into ancient Roman affairs, the poets in the play should perhaps have the last word.

The book also doubles as an extended meditation on Britain's fraught love affair with ancient Rome.

In fact, some authorities maintain that the masks of the ancient theatre were crude affairs with little aesthetic appeal.

BEIJING — Sallying forth into the ancient battleground of extramarital affairs, China's top court appears poised to side with wronged wives against philandering husbands and greedy mistresses.

Foodies will also enjoy Serve It Forth (North Point/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $12), M. F. K. Fisher's first book, an opinionated tour of gastronomic affairs from ancient Egypt to modern times.