Sentences with phrase «comparatively late times»
The operation of such a ruling group is pictured in the story of Boaz» negotiations for the redemption of Naomi's property (Ruth 4:1 - 12); the narrative is presumably from a comparatively late time, but the councils of elders persisted in the smaller communities right through Old Testament history, so there is ground for believing that the author relates practice with which he was familiar.
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Like several other bridge greats who gave little time to social pursuits, Vanderbilt remained a bachelor until comparatively late.
«The Delta» was comparatively gentler and more rooted in the everyday reality of an extremely specific time and place: late «90s Memphis, Tennessee.