Sentences with phrase «character of this century old»

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Writing of men in an old section of the South that he knew so well Wolfe writes: «He is not a colonist, a settler, a transplanted European; during his three centuries there in the wilderness he has become native to the immense and lonely land that he inhabits; during those three centuries he has taken on the sinew and the color of that earth, he has acquired a character, a tradition, a history of his own..

But the present story gives us a form of celebration developed over the seven or eight following centuries (12:21 - 27 appears to derive from the older J stratum; but 12:1 - 13, 43 - 49 is of the P character).

As in earlier centuries, the tide of reform gave birth to new monastic movements and to the elevation of the character of some of the older orders.

But the narrative gives us a form of celebration developed over the seven or eight following centuries (12:21 - 27 appears to be derived from the older J stratum; but 12:1 - 13, 43 - 49 is of the character of the Priestly history), since this developed meaning alone can represent the episode's true significance.

Highlights include a six - story replica of Herod's Temple faÇade; the largest indoor - scale model of first - century Jerusalem in the world; costumed characters; and multimedia, multisensory presentations recreating scenes from the Old and New Testament.

«I set out to prove physiognomy was wrong,» Wu says, referring to the centuries - old pseudoscience of assessing character based on facial features.

We want to give you a different perspective on dating through the century old tradition of the Chinese signs in a detailed analysis that provides amazing insights into human interaction, looking at each Chinese sign in turn, discussing the character traits of people born under it and describing their functioning in various types of relationships.

I ask these questions because in the newest 20th Century - Fox release, Mr. Popper's Penguins, (based on a popular children's tome and directed by Mark Waters, «The Spiderwick Chronicles,» «Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past «-RRB- features the main character not only getting dumped on twice within the first 15 minutes, but he is also treated to a good old - fashioned soccer ball kick in the groin.

As if a sober and respectful adaptation of an earnest and leisurely nineteenth - century novel could still compete for eyes and ears in a twenty - first - century entertainment environment engineered to entice instead the sex - crazed, the violence junkies, and the attention - deficit - disordered — as if even the oil companies hadn't bailed on public television's Masterpiece Theatre because nobody seems to care anymore about character as destiny versus the British class system — here without apology are three more hours of Thomas Hardy moping about old Wessex, looking in vain for a laugh.

But with centuries» worth of history to revisit and acres of exhibits in the world's largest museum, it might have been better to leave the old characters under wraps and focus solely on the new ones.

Choosing ten «deadliest movie characters of all time» from over a century - old history has been quite a task.

By the turn of the century, there were versions of Uncle Tom's Cabin that had hardly anything to do with Stowe's story; some portrayed Tom as a foolish, old minstrel - show character, and others ended happily, with Tom surviving.

New Yorker staff writer Lillian Ross (no relation to Harold), who joined the magazine in 1945 and is still, at almost a century old, an occasional contributor, is little more than a footnote in Cast of Characters, but her own book, Reporting Always is a fine collection of some of her best writing.

In a century - old building filled with character, The Planet Traveler sits at the crossroads of Toronto's most vibrant and happening neighbourhoods.

Not because there weren't hints towards there being one but because, in all fairness, Slimey looks more like the type of game character who would be searching for his lost teddy bear, not attempting to stop a centuries old war.

They're not portraits, but representations of fictional characters, their arresting postures, the style in which each is painted, suggest different works by old and 19th - century masters: Caravaggio, Velázquez, Degas.

Family size: China is already examining its 30 - year - old one - child policy, and the outcome of that decision will substantially shape the country's population size and character through the century.

This other stunning example in Barcelona's hip Born quarter takes its ultra-modern design ideas from the economic, efficient character of boats, and is a renovated, 753 square - foot apartment in a 17th - century building that once belonged to an old fisherman.

What sets The Old Chapel apart is that Lewis Carroll (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) spent a lot of time here in the mid-19th century, and was inspired by the building's statues and stone gargoyles to invent some of the characters that populated his classic fantasy Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and its sequels.

Two vibrant, red closet doors add a splash of color to the subdued space, while a vintage cabinet and a 19th - century light fixture provide old - fashioned character.