Sentence examples for touch of historical from inspiring English sources

Its return to the academy's walls adds a touch of historical resonance to the presence of this exhibition here.

It was a general memory, not a box score recitation, but he offered it with excitement and a touch of historical perspective.

Chorinho was developed in the 19th century, so it seems highly appropriate, a touch of historical symmetry even, to see it being played on a street whose first heyday came when Rio was the somewhat scruffy seat of an empire ruled by Pedro II.

Architects have started using it to give a touch of historical sobriety to new suburban palazzos, and conservators have begun restoring the elegant facades of grand monuments like the Cooper Union on Astor Place in Manhattan, where Abraham Lincoln addressed crowds before the 1860 election.

This may, in part, be due to the fact that the key event of the time wasn't the launch or even the moon landing but the moon walk itself, which doesn't play a part in the film — the closest thing to a touch of historical grandeur is a droll throwaway moment in the capsule with fictionalized versions of Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin.

And he is promising not to touch anything of historical value.

That same year, he published How to Win the Nobel Prize: An Unexpected Life in Science, a reflection on his life and work that also touches on historical aspects of science and on the intellectual environment of modern-day research.

Their unpolished performance was touching, and being the first ever for a tourist gave it the feeling of historical significance.

The status of the islands touches on historical grievances in East Asia dating from World War II and before.

There's plenty here, too, for aficionados of Sarah Waters: the same lightness of touch, rich historical detail and carefully calculated suspense.

Numerous novelists, dramatists and film-makers have been attracted to the period immediately preceding the outbreak of the First World War to give their work a touch of nostalgia, irony or historical resonance.