Turn back upon the by-past records of history, and ask if such a phenomenon was ever known before.
What I am sure about, is that if Boston was ever known for having trolleys, they sure as hell weren't built on a GM commercial truck frame with 24 inch double tires.
to the honour of our nation, that we have invented, increased, and perfected a more pleasant way of writing for the stage, than was ever known to the ancients or moderns of any nation, which is tragi-comedy.
"WHEN", asks Henry V after the battle of Agincourt, "was ever known so great and little loss/On one part and on the other?" In Shakespeare's play, the French lose 10,000 men and the English only a couple of dozen.
Speaking in the guise of Neander in Of Dramatick Poesie, an Essay (1668), he said that it was to the honour of our nation, that we have invented, increased, and perfected a more pleasant way of writing for the stage, than was ever known to the ancients or moderns of any nation, which is tragi-comedy.
I grew up in New York and attended Lincoln School of Teachers College (old Lincoln, in Manhattan parlance), a font of progressive education where we were encouraged to follow our interests with avidity; no Lincoln parent was ever known to have said, "Shut up, kid".
Only a fraction of these excisions are ever known about.
A newly adopted child is apart from everything she's ever known.
Whether the couple would ever have married is unlikely to be ever known.
Living in New York City, it's all she's ever known, and all she's ever wanted.
As for the constant travelling of her life, well, that's all she's ever known.
