“A third instance is that paleontological evidence seemed to push the antiquity of life back to the earliest Archaean times.”
“Often most precious and most rare are relics from antiquity, such as the stone with which David slew Goliath, or one of Shadrach's sandals, with scorch marks on the sole.”
“This is typical of our civil and social organization, in which everything is the creation of the day, and yet retains the impress of an old antiquity.”
“Perhaps I still felt impressed by the order, the silence, the perfect white antiqueness, as I am when faced with a large sheet of paper on which I must draw lines.”
“Indeed, what makes an antique an antique is not merely how old it is, as if antiqueness were a property or quality of the object itself.”
“Norwich in particular is a borough that has been well-served by its antiquaries, and Hudson's work represents the best of antiquarianism.”
“Most of the owners of Egyptian material appear to have been inquisitive antiquaries rather than aristocratic virtuosi seeking works of art for their country houses.”
“In prose, only scholars chiefly antiquaries and historians still wrote in Catalan.”