| 单词 | time-honoured |
| 例句 | The songs breezed by; they made being in a band seem fun, in time-honoured, elegantly wasted style. The Strokes: Angles ? review 2011-03-17T15:30:01Z In that landscape the tariffs were fixed and time-honoured. The third age of Grub Street – and a new era for books 2013-03-04T15:43:30Z Whale-watching – mostly greys but, at certain times of the year, humpbacks and killer whales as well – is a time-honoured pastime here, and can be done from the beach. 10 of Canada's best lesser-known national parks 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z The intense, almost biblical relationship of brothers is a time-honoured tradition in movie boxing. The Fighter ? review 2011-02-03T22:00:02Z And it requires mastery of analytical tools as well as possession of the crap-detector that is the time-honoured prerequisite of investigative journalism. Fake Twitter accounts and the danger for politicians 2012-11-18T00:06:11Z Juliette Blightman deals in deceptive banalities that, through meticulously selective stage management, conjure moments of reverie on the time-honoured, irrepressible passing of time. This week's new exhibitions 2011-02-26T00:07:56Z Five hours before their first ever European show together and the members of Sinkane are indulging in that time-honoured rock'n'roll tradition: making cheese sandwiches and ambling listlessly backstage. Sinkane's Ahmed Gallab: 'I like being on the move' 2012-12-14T15:00:00Z Tonight, Band of Horses pursue this time-honoured musical quest with guitars that sound like bells dipped in honey, and the yearning reverberations of singer Ben Bridwell. Band of Horses 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z On the highways through that landscape the tariffs were fixed and time-honoured. The transformation of publishing 2012-11-09T22:54:01Z But he is – again, more time-honoured tradition – a robot who might decide he has a mind of his own. Prometheus 2012-05-30T14:12:53Z Let's assume you've sucked the last turkey bone, drop of eggnog and glass of Alka-Seltzer dry and are now immobilised in time-honoured tradition on the sofa. Cable girl: The Missing Years of Jesus 2010-12-28T08:00:02Z Epstein paid his bills in the time-honoured way by making portrait busts, which is just as well as his more public commissions brought opprobrium and even destruction for their primitivism and sexual frankness. Modern British Sculpture at the Royal Academy - review 2011-01-15T00:05:50Z Would we rather have savouriness skilfully and patiently built up from well-chosen ingredients using time-honoured techniques, or will we settle for a cheat’s quick fix from a tin? Chinese restaurant syndrome: has MSG been unfairly demonised? 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z When black people are seen in newspapers, more often than not it's around sports, entertainment or crime, which feeds into the time-honoured tradition of negative stereotypes. It's time to boost ethnic minority representation in the media 2013-07-08T15:44:34Z The time-honoured debate about leaving the loo seat up or down is not a genuine source of friction in marriage. Tim Dowling's guide to long-term love 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z The notion of siblings being attracted, or accidentally having been involved in a love affair, is also a time-honoured soap storyline, involving as it does transgression and a form of unresolved sexual tension. 40 years of Stars Wars – why the blockbuster saga is a galactic soap opera 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z It sticks to a time-honoured formula: local youth club is going to be demolished unless the kids can raise money with a talent show. All Stars – review 2013-05-02T21:10:01Z He analysed his strategic objective and, in time-honoured fashion, organised a perfectly competent cavalry charge. David Cameron feels the hand of history where it hurts 2010-04-25T11:00:00Z The time-honoured request to a butcher or a game dealer accompanied by a winning smile may help dispatch this task. 20 best autumn recipes: part 2 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z To wit: those for whom Sarah Palin is an arch-villain respond in time-honoured ways to her mangling the language, arguing that it makes an inauspicious start to a presidential bid. Sarah Palin: getting the Humpty 2010-07-20T19:00:00Z Discovering Kato's skills at karate and his genius for inventing gadgets, he styles himself The Green Hornet, using the newspaper office in the time-honoured superhero manner, to put himself at the centre of the action. The Green Hornet ? review 2011-01-13T22:22:01Z In time-honoured fashion, he is partnered with a grouchy human cop who hates orcs. Will Smith’s Bright: racial allegory or straight up racism? 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z But it's also an indicator of how time-honoured genres might be enhanced. Are the best pictures on Facebook or Flickr? 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z And this year the time-honoured mix of sacred Christmas tunes, from While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night to O Come All Ye Faithful, will include a new carol from Carl Vine, an Australian composer. Bleak midwinter to Sydney sun: King's College carol service gets a taste of Australia 2012-12-22T13:10:26Z Love triumphs over obstacles, while identikit zombies, vampires and serial killers go about their time-honoured work. Letters to Juliet is corny as Kansas. Great! 2010-06-14T09:45:00Z She managed to join the Operetta theatre as a chorus member and bit-part singer, and in time-honoured fashion was given her big chance when the soubrette broke her leg. Galina Vishnevskaya obituary 2012-12-11T18:32:40Z Friends is, in fact, a time-honoured English teacher. How Friends taught the world to speak English – from Jürgen Klopp to Korean pop megastars 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Olympus Has Fallen is totally in step with that time-honoured blockbuster trend: portraying the American president as the seat of ultimate power and the ultimate moral good. US presidents on film: after the fall 2013-04-10T08:44:51Z The time-honoured practice of opening the golden envelope to reveal the winner's name is a pivotal part of Oscar lore. Academy Awards A to Z 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Christmas movies are a time-honoured tradition of saccharine family values and simulated bonhomie but, having realised that most people get enough of this at home, the smarter cinemas are at last offering alternatives. Christmas film seasons and special screenings 2010-12-11T00:06:00Z This is, of course, self-deprecatory rhetorical boilerplate in the time-honoured best actress nominee tradition. 'I hate romantic comedies' 2010-03-21T22:00:00Z Libeskind is the Polish-born son of Holocaust survivors, and designer of the Jewish Museum in Berlin, who, as a teenager, had arrived in New York, in the time-honoured way of immigrants, by boat. Memories at Ground Zero 2011-07-30T23:03:01Z For a start, this interview is taking place not at the glitzy Dorchester hotel – time-honoured home of the film junket – but at his unassuming house in north London. Tom Wilkinson: down with the big boys 2011-04-05T20:30:00Z And if you’re bored, there’s always the time-honoured tradition that is roasting Capricorns. I don’t even believe in astrology, so why am I addicted to this horoscope app? | Stephanie Convery 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z "In seeking to exactly replicate the mood of its predecessor, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel executes the time-honoured practice of giving the punters exactly what they want," he wrote. Marigold sequel gets royal approval 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z A soppy mum and a pushy dad perform their time-honoured parental gavotte. The Tree of Life is a colossal commercial 2011-07-11T10:18:14Z The idea of the assassin or criminal forced to lie low somewhere unfamiliar and just wait is a time-honoured idea: other examples are Martin McDonagh's In Bruges and Paolo Sorrentino's The Consequences Of Love. The American ? review 2010-10-15T22:00:00Z Late in the film, Kit is invited to view Linh’s family business in Hanoi, the time-honoured art of making lotus-scented tea. Back to where you came from: how Vietnam drama Monsoon ignites the battle for belonging 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z "Looking back at our British history, one must respect the time-honoured technique and ritual that tea requires." Tea purists divided over new 60-second brew 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z So Mr Flynn is following a time-honoured approach by gritting his teeth and setting his sights on the horizon, in the hope he can slog through the questions until the story moves on. SNP Westminster leader denies plotting to oust predecessor 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z And no-one can even suggest the fact they scored three goals to City's two in the second half can be labelled as the time-honoured 'consolation'. 'Rivals? Forget it. This was a humiliation' 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z "The sculpture is a testament to the technical genius of the artist, epitomizing the confident and time-honoured aesthetic canon of the Chola empire," the Idol Wing said in a statement. Tamil Nadu: 12th Century idol stolen from temple found in US after 50 years 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Oxford University followed, where he achieved his ambition of becoming president of the union - a debating society dating back to 1823, and the time-honoured training ground for Conservative politicians. Boris Johnson: The prime minister who broke all the rules 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z But a gallery in India recently held an exhibition looking back on the time-honoured tradition of street photography. In photos: Throwback to life on Indian streets 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z The jam is reminiscent of challenges forced upon western financial institutions in 2020 when lockdowns drove underwriters at Lloyds in London to abandon time-honoured face-to-face dealings with emails and online approvals. Exclusive-Shanghai's lockdown delays dollar buying, gives falling yuan reprieve 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The end of social distancing revived the time-honoured office ritual of after-work meal gatherings, part of a tradition called "hoeshik" in Korean. Young S.Koreans dread revival of work dinners as pandemic eases 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “They were able - while sticking to our time-honoured methodology and making as many visits as usual - to establish a selection of restaurants as credible and trustworthy as in previous years,” Poullennec said. Michelin guide offers crumb of comfort to France's COVID-hit chefs 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z Not forgetting this time-honoured maxim: “Don’t trip and sever the cable when your wife is in the running to win a prestigious virtual triathlon.” 2020 wasn't all bad: sporting tales that lifted the lockdown gloom 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Rowlatt said there was a time-honoured tradition of art by women attracting more criticism than men. Mary Wollstonecraft finally honoured with statue after 200 years 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Stirring up fears of an outside threat, an enemy against which to mobilise, is a time-honoured method of building political support. Trump and Xi Jinping: meet the new cold warriors 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Quarantine, isolation, masks and handwashing are all time-honoured methods of keeping the sick and the healthy apart, and minimising disease transmission. Closed borders and ‘black weddings’: what the 1918 flu teaches us about coronavirus 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z The time-honoured convention for reporting on communal violence in India is to not name names. Anti-Muslim violence in Delhi serves Modi well | Mukul Kesavan 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z It wasn’t long before they spotted him and turned the tables, in time-honoured fashion. The big picture: Neil Libbert gets snowballed in 60s Harlem 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Elsewhere, celebrants of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Wall followed their own time-honoured traditions. The task of politics today is to scare the capitalists as much as communism did | Aditya Chakrabortty 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z So how did the time-honoured tradition of these bejewelled legacies start? The basketball champions' rings with 640 diamonds 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z As an increasing number of collectors turn to Instagram to purchase artworks, the platform is rewriting the time-honoured rules for appreciating, collecting and even curating art. It's a #masterpiece! What if Gauguin and Monet had been on Instagram? 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The disco-fied private jet in the music video seems to suggest a time-honoured double metaphor for getting high and rich. 50 great tracks for April by Holly Herndon, Amon Amarth, Shura and others 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Her decision to bring in a poetry translator was in line with a time-honoured tradition in which a named poet works from a literal translation rather than the original. 'It's a silent conversation': authors and translators on their unique relationship 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z Over the last few years, in our time-honoured tradition of flogging weapons to human-rights abusing despots, the British government has approved millions of pounds worth of arms licences to Brunei. Holidays and arms deals with Brunei don’t trump gay people’s right to exist | Owen Jones 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z The conversation shifted to other implausible but time-honoured turns of phrase: looking daggers, panther-like grace. Fifty shades of white: the long fight against racism in romance novels 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Which would be true if the British media was just a vehicle for identity politics, fun and games rather than a time-honoured way of holding the powerful to account. Is Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, too modern for the British press? 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z The 1988 book is powered by Lynch’s anger at producers cutting corners and abandoning time-honoured methods to make their wine more modern. From Brideshead to Bond: top 10 books on booze 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Together they have made the backstop issue totemic because – in time-honoured fashion – they wish to retain the UK’s freedom to inflict unilateral damage on Ireland. ‘Brexit plot twists to come’: after May’s vote meltdown, what should happen next? | Martin Kettle and others 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z But in fact Thomas’s bizarre imagined scenes are examples of a time-honoured American form: celebrity montage art. The celebrity montage is a time-honoured American artform 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z But for goodness sake keep those tee shots down the middle ... because the rough is gloriously punitive in the time-honoured US Open style. US Open 2018: first round – live! 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Both are time-honoured tools for policing women, meant to shame them into socially prescribed behaviour. From Circe to Clinton: why powerful women are cast as witches 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z The trend is a threat to the time-honoured idea of “one share, one vote” Hong Kong and Singapore succumb to the lure of dual-class shares 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z As well as the time-honoured vocal techniques, trainees will study musical theory, history and a business module. Swiss university unveils yodelling degree 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z If these claims of foreign plots failed to convince, it may be because the mullahs’ time-honoured, post-1979 tactic of blaming the Great Satan and Zionist co-conspirators for everything that goes wrong is wearing thin. Iran unrest: it's the economy, stupid, not a cry for freedom or foreign plotters | Simon Tisdall 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Straight after Theresa May's eventful speech, two of pop's big names, Calvin Harris and Florence Welch, followed the time-honoured tradition of complaining about their songs being used. The politics of the conference playlist 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Trump just simply does not seem to grasp the importance of the time-honoured American values he, as president, is sworn to uphold. A letter to my American friends: when did the dream die? 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Deducing laws from premises deemed eternal and beyond question is a time-honoured method. How economics became a religion | John Rapley 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Organisers say it celebrates time-honoured stories with contemporary art. Sydney Opera House to come alive with indigenous art - BBC News 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Two of Catherine’s brothers went to America, and in time-honoured fashion were never heard from again. Hilary Mantel: why I became a historical novelist 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Manchester's two time-honoured traditions of gigs and sporting events are continuing, with a renewed sense of defiance. Manchester attack: City finds strength in music and sport - BBC News 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z One time-honoured solution is pumping water uphill when you have spare energy, and then - when you need more - letting it flow back down through a hydropower plant. Battery bonanza: From frogs' legs to mobiles and electric cars - BBC News 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z The time-honoured — if increasingly tiresome — tradition began when Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in 1933. Trump’s empty chairs rob science of a voice in government 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Be it jigsaw, wordsearch or number problems, puzzles are a time-honoured way of stopping tears and tantrums. Laptop ban on flights: What about the parents? - BBC News 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Bastardisation was a time-honoured tradition, observed by each passing generation. Great to be a grom: young surfers have gone from punchbags to future world beaters | Jock Serong 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z “Fictional stories are more than just analogies; they are a time-honoured way of influencing opinions. Think of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and American attitudes towards slavery.” He who must not be named: how Harry Potter helps make sense of Trump’s world 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Under- and over-invoicing is a time-honoured way to get around taxes and controls. Trump's border tax could damage the US a lot more than a wall | Kenneth Rogoff 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z "By going out and looking at the Sun we take part in this time-honoured tradition of citizen science," says astronomer and artist Prof Tyler Nordgren from the University of Redlands in California. Eclipse to be turned into mega-movies - BBC News 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z In its outward details, the orderly transfer of American presidential power accomplished in the inauguration-day scene on Capitol Hill today felt time-honoured. The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s inauguration: a declaration of political war | Editorial 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Nearly a million people are expected on the National Mall in Washington for a ceremonial transfer of power that will observe time-honoured traditions and pageantry but usher in profound political uncertainties. On eve of inauguration, Trump addresses nation in shadow of Lincoln 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Nearly a million people are expected on the national mall in Washington for a ceremonial transfer of power that will observe time-honoured traditions and pageantry but usher in profound political uncertainties. Donald Trump to be sworn in on day that few expected and many feared 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z His replacement, the civilised but untested Gareth Southgate, duly went about the time-honoured business of creating unrealistic expectations with decent results in qualifying matches against minnows. Sport in 2016: a dichotomy of soaring highs and desperate lows | Richard Williams 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z As many as one in 10 Icelanders protested in front of the Alþingi, the national parliament, demonstrating their anger through the time-honoured tradition of hurling Icelandic yoghurt and waving bananas. The Panama Papers fallout: banana protests, paltry fines and a PR problem 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Complaining about the manager's selections and questioning players' decisions on the pitch are time-honoured traditions of being a football fan. Beautiful and mathematical: Football as a numbers game - BBC News 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Schumer is a comic with challenges of her own but – in time-honoured comedian fashion – she chooses to keep them at arm’s length rather than putting them centre-stage. Comedy’s new oversharers make even Amy Schumer look coy 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The process was the time-honoured one; just organized and supervised by robots. The Fourth Law of Humanics : Nature : Nature Research 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z The time-honoured form of civil disobedience was boosted with cutting-edge technology. House Democrats end gun control sit-in after 26 hours 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z However, following the time-honoured romcom formula, Dempsey has found a spark with someone else. Clint Dempsey learns to love again and Crew fall apart over penalty 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z And nothing could be more traditional than the time-honoured remedy of honey. Tea, honey, hops and sponges: The antibacterials hunt - BBC News 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z So in the time-honoured EU manner, the Commission will present a package aimed at offering something for everyone. EU set to drive forward visas for Turks in migrant deal 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z Barcelona meanwhile go with the time-honoured policy of If It Ain’t Broke... and name the same starting XI that emerged victorious last week. Atlético Madrid v Barcelona: Champions League quarter-final – live! 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Some involved say a key deterrent is relegation, the time-honoured basis of the football pyramid which does not exist in US sports. What is it that attracts US investors to the multi-million-pound EPL? 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z For millions of homes around the country, finding one that is the perfect height and shape and then taking it home for decorating is a time-honoured tradition. Should you rent your Christmas tree? - BBC News 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Both Eastern and Western Conference finals went against time-honoured soccer convention, with FC Dallas and the Red Bulls seemingly suffering from playing on the road first. MLS Cup: It's Portland v Columbus but do the playoffs need to change? 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Amid talk of the House of Lords' new-found power following the tax credits vote, perhaps it is a good time to look at the origins of those time-honoured words, lord and lady. The Vocabularist: Of lords, ladies and loaves - BBC News 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Barcelona meanwhile go with the time-honoured policy of If It Ain’t Broke... and name the same starting XI that emerged victorious last week. Atlético Madrid v Barcelona: Champions League quarter-final – live! 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z BBC Wales spoke to some of those gently ushering tradition into the 21st Century, while maintaining the sanctity of a time-honoured profession. Welsh funerals: Fireworks, Benny Hill and magic wands - BBC News 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Breaking bread, sitting down for a meal together, is a time-honoured way for feuding family members to put their differences aside - for a moment at least - and remember that they are supposed to be united. Migrant crisis: EU leaders avoid punch-up but fail refugee test - BBC News 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z It is not clear whether such time-honoured rituals will now suffer a brief period of disruption. Doing the splits 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Even the time-honoured protective strategies that most people use are not evidence-based. The growing global battle against blood-sucking ticks 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z In time-honoured bailout tradition, the money should drop into the Greek government’s account just in time to allow it to make €3.2bn debt repayment to the European Central Bank on 20 August. German MPs approve third bailout for Greece – live 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Because the clause is a time-honoured means whereby corporations protect their investments, and does not undermine EU or member states’ right to pursue legitimate public policy objectives. What is TTIP and why should we be angry about it? 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Labour launched its 2015 election campaign in Stratford, East London, in the time-honoured way, with a hard hitting new poster attacking the Conservatives. Election 2015: The death of the campaign poster 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Perhaps, in making headlines with EU army talk, Mr Juncker is following in the time-honoured tradition favoured by world leaders of trying to divert attention abroad when all is not well at home. EU army idea exposes cracks in union 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z In recent weeks, Defence Minister Julian Brazier has revived a time-honoured parliamentary practice of referring to colleagues who have served their country as the "right honourable or honourable gallant member". Gallantry in the House of Commons 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z In time-honoured bailout tradition, the money should drop into the Greek government’s account just in time to allow it to make €3.2bn debt repayment to the European Central Bank on 20 August. German MPs approve third bailout for Greece – live 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z McKinsey graduates are steeped in time-honoured techniques to assess and monitor business decisions. The race to create a fitness app 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z That is often all that is required for an error to occur, when the time-honoured advice of “pick a spot, don’t change your mind” starts to falter. Did Holland’s goalkeeper Tim Krul go too far with his intimidation tactics? 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Many, however, are fakes assembled from commercially sensitive blueprints – a time-honoured gripe among western businesses in China. An iPhone for £75? That really is too good to be true 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Thailand is illustrative of a third trend: for conservative judiciaries, when a time-honoured political dispensation changes, to find themselves, in effect, part of the opposition. The long arms of the law 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z Despite the pass-me-by subject, it is interesting and important, particularly when it comes to the emphasis now given to GDP, and the inadequacies of this now time-honoured measurement of how our economies are doing. How GDP became the figure to watch 2014-04-16T08:14:47Z Hampson followed the time-honoured tradition of importing a successful business idea from America. The self-storage millionaires 2014-04-13T23:13:04Z In time-honoured fashion, the soldiers at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan woke early on Christmas Day with senior officers in Christmas regalia serving them tea or 'Gunfire'. Christmas Day at Camp Bastion 2013-12-25T16:31:43Z They object loudly if modernising zeal knocks time-honoured jokes out of the performance. Pantos still packing in the crowds 2013-12-19T00:07:24Z The storm is also threatening a time-honoured Thanksgiving tradition: the New York Macy's Thanksgiving parade. Storm dampens Thanksgiving getaway 2013-11-27T23:51:23Z Enthusiasts call it "additive manufacturing" because of the contrast with the time-honoured way of making things - no more scraping away at metal to create shapes from it, or pouring plastic into expensive moulds. Imagine a world without shops or factories 2013-10-11T00:50:46Z In the time-honoured way, her briefing team revealed something of what she was "expected to say" on Wednesday. Is online crime really rising? 2013-09-25T13:29:34Z In time-honoured fashion, Twitter realises that the word “labour” has multiple meanings. 8am After 15 minutes of frantic panicking, Twitter finally works out how to use this news to further its own tedious agenda. Royal baby jokes: how Twitter reacted 2013-07-23T09:30:31Z And there are time-honoured traditions on how each of these headstones must look. War graves and the ravages of time 2013-07-04T01:24:54Z No complaints and - the time-honoured managerial refuge - "lots of positives". England's style more slumber than Samba 2013-05-30T08:24:07Z In the meantime, let's indulge in the time-honoured tradition of speculating wildly as to how that first round will play out. NFL mock Draft 2013: Luke Joeckel and Geno Smith lead first-round picks 2013-04-23T16:18:51Z The first seed potatoes are traditionally sown on Good Friday, but frozen soil has put a stop to that time-honoured ritual across swaths of the country. Wintry Easter weather leaves garden centres and DIY stores shivering 2013-03-31T17:54:25Z Plus noshing with Boris Johnson and George Osborne in time-honoured fashion? Rupert Murdoch's back – and this time he's tweeting orders 2013-02-03T00:05:39Z But they proved unreliable and many police officers continued the time-honoured practice of getting a suspect driver to walk along a white line. Smoke on the Water legend among those who passed 2013-02-02T00:38:44Z In the time-honoured playground manner, they will make their picks and let the rest go. Unthinkable? Replace the transfer window with Odemwingie Day 2013-02-01T21:15:01Z In time-honoured bureaucratic fashion, Wrexham's silly burghers decided to set up a cross-party scrutiny committee to look into the use of Twitter, Facebook and cameras and report back in - wait for it - May. Silly burghers ban journalists from tweeting 2013-01-30T09:31:53Z It is the time-honoured plea of the progressive, yet practical politician: high principles are all very well, but useless if not accompanied by the low cunning of politics. Abraham Lincoln's wisdom shows up our swamp-ridden politics 2013-01-25T19:25:14Z As a result the time-honoured dynamic of the Ryder Cup will be totally altered. Paul McGinley's populism is Europe's Ryder Cup answer to Tom Watson 2013-01-19T21:59:02Z Part of the time-honoured appeal of this event is the way the committee's chairman, a Tory MP called Andrew Tyrie, regards in the way an old-fashioned Oxford don might look upon a particularly dense undergraduate. Al fun and games until someone loses an AAA rating 2012-12-13T20:05:56Z It is a time-honoured English formula, as Ireland also found at Twickenham last March. Dan Cole: first name on the team sheet, the last man Aussies want to see 2012-11-14T22:30:01Z In the 18th Century, the former Queen of France, Marie-Antoinette, had a coiffeur known, in time-honoured hairdresser style, by his first name - Leonard. Twists and turns in history of hair 2012-10-05T23:27:27Z Perry dismissed them both in time-honoured fashion for which she was deservedly player of the match. Australia women beat West Indies to go through to the World T20 final 2012-10-05T14:16:12Z So, in the time-honoured way of things, here's the preamble... US Open tennis: Andy Murray v Alex Bogomolov Jnr – live! 2012-08-27T16:11:00Z According to Press, Kardashian's visit adhered to a time-honoured PR strategy in which a star's handlers recommend that she show her philanthropic side. When celebrities become philanthropists 2012-07-28T23:04:01Z But the Uruguayan referee Angel Pazos disallowed the goal for – that time-honoured fiend – "rough play". The Joy of Six: Olympic football tournament stories 2012-07-20T08:30:01Z Stating the obvious in time-honoured fashion and essaying the odd one liner – "There's Cliff Richard, wearing his duvet," he said of our brightly attired singing knight – seems to be his stock in trade. 3D is fine once the kids tell you where they put those silly glasses 2012-07-08T21:31:39Z It does not mean that we should abandon time-honoured moral and legal principles to allow endless encroachments on our civil liberties in the interests of the moguls of Hollywood. Jimmy Wales: Richard O'Dwyer and the new internet war 2012-06-24T15:35:01Z Having reached his half-century Samuels decided to point his bat, not only in the direction of the dressing room in time-honoured fashion, but also towards Onions. Samuels leads West Indies' resistance 2012-06-09T18:59:36Z In time-honoured fashion, a strategic review is also promised. Aviva's new chief executive has a tough job on his hands 2012-05-17T21:44:35Z The date and place of his birth are uncertain; and it is equally difficult to confirm or to deny the time-honoured statement that he was born in 1613 at Amsterdam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Principles, time-honoured in the Alpine Club, must of course be respected in the ascent of Mount Everest. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z "Wait till I get you out," he said, using the phrase time-honoured by such occasions. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z The ilex-trees, so ancient and time-honoured are they, seem to have lived for ages undisturbed, and to feel no dread of profanation by the axe anymore than overthrow by the thunder-stroke. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Desolation and solitude spread their wings around its time-honoured precincts, and cast a halo of their own over its crumbling walls. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z The pride of a new acquisition seems to give fresh confidence to it; to impel the rolling syllables through the moulds provided for them, and to overflow the envious bounds of rhyme into time-honoured triplets. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z The legislative body bore the time-honoured title of States-General, and was divided into an Upper Chamber nominated by the king, and a Lower Chamber elected by the people. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The piper made his appearance according to the time-honoured tradition, and marched twice round the table while the oaken rafters overhead rang to the dirl of the dance he drew from his chanter. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z As such it is called by the time-honoured name of Soul. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z In the old time-honoured fashion—On the Cheap! Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z Yet the time-honoured Show was found to be possessed of wonderful vitality. The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury 2012-03-05T03:00:14.443Z Most of the country is ploughed, and, by a time-honoured custom which brought both credit and money to the Lincolnshire farmers, many of the fields are double ploughed. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z In England the new philosophy had broken with time-honoured beliefs more completely than it had done even in France; Hobbes was more startling than Bacon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z It was but a new phase of a time-honoured policy. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Some twenty miles from Kiŷoto--time-honoured residence of Mikados, and therefore a sacred city--the small town of Nara stands on a plain surrounded by rugged hills. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z In doing so he is indulging in the time-honoured ploy of setting up a man of straw. Why George Osborne is the most anti-business of them all 2012-02-12T00:04:19Z If on second thoughts, she preferred to be married in the old time-honoured way, instead of in a Menagerie den, she had only to say so. Love Among the Lions A Matrimonial Experience 2012-01-25T03:00:36.210Z The society of the Middle Temple, with better taste, still preserves, in that part of the Temple over which its sway extends, the widely-renowned and time-honoured badge of the antient order of the Temple. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z Story-telling had been a favourite amusement among the Arabs of the desert, and they now found the time-honoured, spontaneous exercise of the imaginative faculty stand them in good stead. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z In this villa, the Emperor, by time-honoured custom, was to pass the night, his cort�ge camping around for the protection of the sacred person. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z That stupid old Dives! forsooth, he must barter His time-honoured name for a wonderful garter; And Joan's pretty face has been clouded with care Since Jack bought her ribbons at Vanity Fair. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z We also see it distinctly appear by the prominence which it produces in the dog, which, according to the time-honoured phrase, fait le beau. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Surely he was not rebelling against the time-honoured custom of the family life! The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z We hesitate to accept such substitutes as Tures and Bearded Vulture for the time-honoured designations of Ibex and Lammergeyer. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z But, as upon all time-honoured institutions, let us drop a tear for the confidante; she has helped a thousand perplexed authors to unfold their simple dramas, she has helped many a scene-shifter to leisure. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z But Islam without the halo of time-honoured sanctity that attaches to the name of Mohammed, would sound as but a hollow brass or a tinkling cymbal. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z Immured behind the upright piano sat Mrs. McRory, thumping out the time-honoured "Blue Danube" with the plodding rhythm of the omnibus horse. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z "Archie is not a good hand at writing," said Di, echoing, for the sake of saying something, the time-honoured masculine plea for exemption from the tedium of domestic correspondence. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z This evening there was performed the time-honoured ceremony of crowning with the laurel a neophyte in caza mayor. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z And the trio acted and declaimed their time-honoured parts to a keyhole audience of lady's maid and gentleman's gentleman. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z To fall back on the time-honoured maxim, immortalized by Shakespeare, comparisons of this kind are incompatible if not odious. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z Limited though their functions were, they represented the time-honoured governmental form into which Spaniards had always crystallised, and the Creoles could not be prevented from obtaining a preponderant influence in them. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Then, in accordance with the time-honoured precedent, the Chief Constable is elected into the chair; the great bowl of punch is placed on the table after dinner, and the various offices toasted and replied for. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z “Equal plots of land” is easily enough said, but how much bitterness is aroused by the necessary division and separation, by the loss of time-honoured possessions, how much piety is wounded and sacrificed! Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Mr. Mayor, my lords and gentleman, I propose the health of Sir Jeremy Dummer and venture to assert that the time-honoured toast was never before fraught with such significance. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z When I remember the time-honoured theory that a writing person is no good for anything else, I feel obliged, at the risk of appearing a braggart, to parade the above fact. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z The two Watchers had never heard of the time-honoured ceremony, and were in utter ignorance of the ordeal through which they would have to pass. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Many novelties in management, enforced on Unions by the Commissioners, have been voluntarily adopted, and many time-honoured fictions have been exploded. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z I begin to think, reader, that the plan of putting headlines or verses to chapters, although a very ancient, time-honoured custom, is not such a very excellent one after all. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z It was yet too soon for the time-honoured custom of hoisting the white ensign with full naval honours. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z Paganism had here no prescriptive claim and no time-honoured prestige. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z Besides, the newly planted aspens along the towpath, which were given to replace the old time-honoured ‘poplars,’ shut off the view of the reach from the bridge. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z These are the men who make the loudest outcry against the social system, and who appear to be imbued with an intense hatred of the aristocracy, and indeed with every one of our time-honoured institutions. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Yet with this noble conception, which modern science has accepted, Descartes could not shake himself free from the time-honoured error in regard to the origin of volcanic action. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z It will at least inform him of the difficulties in which a conscientious and gallant watchman found himself when he attempted to improve on the time-honoured terms in which he had to "cry the hours." Notes and Queries, Number 84, June 7, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-12T02:00:27.427Z There was a function which appealed to their feelings as Britishers—a popular, time-honoured function, whose necessary auxiliaries were at hand. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z It has been a time-honoured maxim with all trainers, that it is the fluids which lay on fat and which spoil the wind. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z The old time-honoured “Green Horse,” the 5th Dragoon Guards, are with them at field-drill, and all are in a high state of efficiency. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z Thus, the time-honoured weapon – sex – is used against the prominent female. Sorry, Richard Branson ? we didn't care about your blaze 2011-08-27T23:07:47Z That they did not venture at once to overthrow the political r�gime upheld by the nobles of the Fujiwara family may be accounted for by the time-honoured prestige of the latter. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z The captain "plays himself in," guns are fired, in the evening at the banquet new members kiss the silver club and swear their loyalty, and much more in that splendid and time-honoured way is done. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z I submit that the time-honoured practice is that the Executive drafts a Bill and places it before Parliament and that Parliament debates and adopts the Bill with amendments if necessary. A Quixotic Anti-Corruption Crusade Brings India to a Standstill 2011-08-17T18:45:24Z We must stand up for the time-honoured usage," he cried; "and as to any forcible interference, let him try it! For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z There is a time-honoured notion that the chief requisites in the heroine are youth and beauty, as I have already said, while the hero must of equal necessity be clean-cut, manly and masterful. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z The time-honoured civilisation, which had been nurtured at Kyoto since many centuries, was, though of exotic origin, in itself a highly finished one. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z ‘Very good; but I am afraid you will only pass the good-looking ones, and forget the old time-honoured maxim that “handsome is as handsome does.”’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z If fresh beef was not available, venison was, and there was plenty of material for the manufacture of the time-honoured "duff." The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z Both Britvic and Kingfisher took advantage of a time-honoured excuse in statements to the stock exchange today. Poor weather hits Britvic and B&Q 2011-07-21T09:18:19Z Such is the time-honoured Version which we have been called upon to revise! The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z Perhaps the popularity of the Pickwick Papers encouraged him to adopt the time-honoured device of wrapping up several tales in one. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z Next day we weighed anchor and sailed for London, the windlass revolving to the time-honoured tune of "Good-bye, fare-you-well; hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound." The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z The third and more humble personage of the party bore the time-honoured appellation of Cato. The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z It has been a time-honoured custom to rob and kill, so that riches may be laid up; then it becomes the duty of all to watch lest the thief breaks through and steals. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z He was merely reproducing a time-honoured and highly colloquial simile, the unconscious variation of which made Philip laugh. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z PLACE-NAMES The chance wayfarer little thinks how abundant are the vestiges of antiquity here, both in fragments of pottery, and in the time-honoured names of manors, fields, and meadows. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z But, before our departure, the time-honoured custom of giving the crew twenty-four hours' liberty must be observed. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z The older Egyptian writing, whether sacred or demotic, would obscure the distinction of dialects, partly from a conservative fondness for time-honoured modes of representation, but chiefly owing to the nature of the character itself. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. 2011-06-30T02:00:31.117Z When she took a place in Salisbury, in the time-honoured Cathedral Close, she saw her people frequently. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z It is merely a fact of common knowledge put into the form of a misleading jeu d'esprit, though one has a natural reluctance in so describing a time-honoured saying. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z Whether we shall then give her the time-honoured title of architecture, or call her by another name, is of no moment. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z Louis XVI. was reluctant to abandon a tittle of his absolute power, nor would the privileged classes sacrifice their time-honoured traditions; they were inexorable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z “And are such the men who have so long directed the rites and ceremonies of the time-honoured religion of Rome!” she exclaimed. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z Interspersed among them were the gentlemen, all in deep black, relieved only by the time-honoured white choker—their plain dresses contrasting oddly with the rich silks and satins that rustled around them. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z There was even time-honoured heraldic etiquette, that when two combatants were about to fight they announced their names and positions, etc., to each other. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z In time-honoured tradition, the three men earlier visited the cabin where Gagarin spent his last night before his flight. New crew head for space station 2011-04-04T23:28:21Z A prime minister in petticoats, she had her political system: reversed the time-honoured alliances of France, appointed or disgraced ministers, directed fleets and armies, concluded treaties, and failed in all her enterprises! Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z Nay, we shrewdly conjecture that some time-honoured secrets still dwell with us, of which the memory has long since perished in their birth-place. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z The Frenchman said the financial fair play project "should enable us to prevent some of our most time-honoured clubs from going under because of risky management by an irresponsible few". Platini reveals international aim 2011-03-22T16:58:51Z A Western merchant who, leaving China, was passing through Japan, violated intentionally time-honoured etiquette against one of the most powerful 'Daimio,' saying, 'I know how to manage these Orientals,' and was murdered in consequence. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z It was suggested that the time-honoured expedient in localities without the civilization of a jail—a wagon-body inverted, with a rock upon it—would be as secure as the state prison. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z And now for another departure from time-honoured custom. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z "Love in a cottage" is a time-honoured phrase, which changes its significance considerably, according to the lips that utter it. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z But the new stock is but the commencement of another undivided family, so strong is the Hindu feeling in favour of this time-honoured custom. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z In the ancient colleges in Italy the walls of the classrooms are hung with portraits of the distinguished scholars, illustrious prelates, and sometimes of the canonized saints, who once studied under their time-honoured roofs. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z This objection to the time-honoured sport seemed hardly less eccentric than an exhibition of insanity. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z This is a hit at another careless cook who had disregarded the time-honoured rule, "First wash your pot." Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z And, in time-honoured fashion, there is a debate about whether those causes are genetic or environmental. The science of stuttering: Speech therapy 2011-02-24T10:45:13Z Then he falls back upon the time-honoured calculation—a most arithmetically correct one—of those 'other fish in the sea.' The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z At the annual University Boat Race Dinner, when the old Blues and other friends assemble to do honour to the two crews, it is the time-honoured custom to drink the health of the coxswains. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z The citizens of the ancient city did not unanimously concur, by any means, in this destruction of a time-honoured landmark in the history of the country; and efforts were repeatedly made to obtain its restoration. Bygone Church Life in Scotland 2011-01-14T03:00:48.713Z As Shakespeare stood thus and gazed down upon the metropolis, he beheld many of those time-honoured edifices, yet remaining, which he had read of whilst studying the history of his native land. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Only a few days separated them from town, where they would make up for both, according to time-honoured custom. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z Neither his mother nor his grandmother had taken any medicine before making their exit from this world, and this was the time-honoured custom of the family. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z Kean has already disregarded the time-honoured rules of caretaker management diplomacy, which dictate that coaches in his temporary position say they do not want the position full-time, at least at first. How an agent came to hold so much power at Blackburn Rovers 2010-12-21T22:01:01Z In time-honoured Japanese fashion, one of the first things that Vanquish does is to pitch you into a fearsomely intense boss-battle against a colossal mech, and it never subsequently dips below full-on. Vanquish - review 2010-10-19T15:00:00Z The lady, in all her glowing beauty, seemed even more lovely amidst her own shadowy groves, with the time-honoured towers of her ancestors looking majestic in the distance. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Those in more attacking roles are unlikely to be of much importance, given the standard of opposition and Levein's time-honoured, pragmatic approach. Craig Levein calls the shots as Scotland look to life after Ferguson 2010-10-01T11:18:00Z Chamois gloves dusted around the jaw is the time-honoured method. Man City v Chelsea ? live! 2010-09-25T10:44:00Z One time-honoured way to reduce waste is to increase the perceived value of the goods in question. Of feast and famine 2010-08-10T17:00:00Z In the time-honoured and perhaps understandable way they raised the tempo when they could not improve the calibre of the play. England 0-0 Algeria 2010-06-18T20:27:00Z But since he took office, President Sarkozy has perpetuated France's time-honoured tradition of parallel diplomacy in Africa. Ties that bind 2010-05-21T08:08:00Z The manager had to reach for a time-honoured strategy afterwards, when he attempted to slow Carlo Ancelotti's team by burdening them with expectation. Sir Alex Ferguson wants Old Trafford effect to rouse Manchester United 2010-04-07T06:00:00Z Loyalists brought in by bus in their thousands to support the regime were duly shown on television chanting such time-honoured slogans as “Death to America!” 2010-02-11T08:53:00Z Cambridge to study computer games Computer games and comics are to be analysed alongside the time-honoured classics of children's literature at a new Cambridge University centre. 2010-02-05T15:10:00Z This will mean breaking the time-honoured link between age and pay—a link which ensures that workers get ever more expensive even as their faculties decline. 2010-02-04T10:41:00Z Augustus is advised to observe, and enforce the observance of the time-honoured ancestral forms, but he must banish sorcerers and diviners, who may sow the seeds of conspiracy against the prince. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The old time-honoured theory has, during the last forty years, been vigorously contending with the new; and the new is in the ascendant. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent I, for one, am never weary of the time-honoured demonstration of a water-plant giving off oxygen as it assimilates. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History Interpretation of a Passage of the Bible. n a country where everyone moralises, one may expect to find a great number of proverbs, those time-honoured oracles of the wisdom of nations. Friend Mac Donald On the magnetick diurnal revolution of the Earth's globe, as a probable assertion against the time-honoured opinion of a Primum Mobile. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Besides the time-honoured and traditional three professions, editors and teachers will be there, learning how to answer the hard questions of pupils and subscribers. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses Old families sinking into decay and neglect—time-honoured titles regarded as things that "once were." Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) In exasperation at the invasion of these time-honoured privileges, they denounced as sacrilege the statutes which had been required to restrain them. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII The designer was bold enough to abandon some of the time-honoured features of ship construction, such as the beak, or prow, derived from the old galleys, and the square buttock, or tuck. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships But in France the two currents met, though the earlier had lost most of its force, and, according to the time-honoured parallel, flowed on long together before they coalesced. A Short History of French Literature Though the majority of French playgoers continued to side with him, and to cling to the time-honoured theatrical beliefs, a few young men were beginning to murmur against the too elaborate mechanism and artificial logic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" This is the group containing the turtle-doves—the time-honoured emblem of tenderness and conjugal love. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Died the other day, by Act of Parliament, that time-honoured old nuisance, the City of London: very sincerely execrated by all who knew it, its civic brethren alone perhaps excepted. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) I tried the time-honoured ruses for placating the young. Captain Macedoine's Daughter Evidently it had been the "performing dog" in some show, "Punch and Judy" perhaps; being naturally a clever dog, it would quickly have learnt the part of "Toby" in that delightful and time-honoured exhibition. Dog Stories from the "Spectator" being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power, affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the correspondence columns of "The Spectator" Pisani shall be umpire of the combat, and his time-honoured name is pledge enough that no foul play is meant thee.” Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 This was not until after fire had ravaged the ancient, time-honoured, and kingly palace of Westminster, a place which perhaps was the most truly regal of any which England ever beheld. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries So that the time-honoured eminence of the "Lake Poets"—Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey—need not be disturbed. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) But Tait’s policy and personality have counted for something in prolonging the time-honoured connection of the Anglican Church with the English State. Studies in Contemporary Biography It would also seem that during the eighteenth century it was generally the House of Lords that took the initiative in the time-honoured practice of condemning disagreeable opinions to the care of the hangman. Books Condemned to be Burnt A time-honoured solemnity is about to be observed, and we, the old stagers, is it for us to precipitate it? Old and New London Volume I It not only turned into a fiction the time-honoured dogma of the omnipresence of the Olympian divinities—it even struck at their very existence, by leaving them nothing to do. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition It is a time-honoured phenomenon, only it hardly comes into practical politics, because young persons are so secretive about it. When Ghost Meets Ghost Mr. Smith kindly offered the loan of his time-honoured evening suit, pointing out, I dare say truly, that such garments were being 'cut very full just now.' The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography “Siccome la Regina Giovanna,” is a form of peasant execration around Naples that has some historical affinity with the time-honoured Irish malediction of the “Curse o’ Cromwell.” The Naples Riviera He exacted as sacrifices for his altars the time-honoured ideals of the fathers, and other high and noble things. Right Above Race The Christian soldiers in some of the legions refused to join in the time-honoured solemnities for propitiating the gods. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Having broken the news, Gwen went on to minimise its seriousness; a time-honoured method, perhaps the best one. When Ghost Meets Ghost For such affairs there is a time-honoured and established programme that was fairly well adhered to at least in the early part. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country Luther might no longer appear to me in the light of a perfect saint, but that he was right in suppressing the time-honoured abuses of the Roman Church admitted with me of no doubt whatsoever. My Autobiography A Fragment The sketches of Damascus and other time-honoured eastern cities, mosques, gardens, and courtyards, which figured largely among Sir Frederic's studies, were made for the most part in the autumn of 1873. Frederic Lord Leighton An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work As far as he could he must cut himself off from the past, blot out the time-honoured prejudices that might or might not be legitimate. At the Crossroads "Stomach, probably," said the doctor, resorting to a time-honoured subterfuge. When Ghost Meets Ghost The objection to whistling is also explainable by the time-honoured practice of 'whistling for a wind,' for an injudicious whistler might easily bring down a blow from the wrong quarter. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The Government looked askance at a body of men who interfered with the time-honoured policy of overcoming sedition by tenderness and softness of speech. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule It would be thought a sacrilege to attempt in any way to alter the time-honoured figures that have come down to us from long ago. The Soul of a People Naturally we began with the time-honoured milk and barley-water, and some throve upon it. Lotus Buds Well!—it's a time-honoured arrangement as between parents, though I admit it may be exasperating to their young. When Ghost Meets Ghost The time-honoured rhyme really wants, as Mr. Tylor remarks, only one thing to prove it a sun-myth, and that one thing is some other proof than a mere argument from analogy. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore Only two instances to illustrate our point, which is applicable also to time-honoured truths and moralities. The Book of Khalid The proceedings began in the ordinary time-honoured fashion. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life Her Grace said her object was a holy one—even to procure peace to the holders of the Reformed Faith, restoration of their time-honoured rights in the Netherlands, and above all, the safety of England. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney In which they followed the time-honoured usage of embattled hosts, or at least of their respective war correspondents. When Ghost Meets Ghost From mere observation alone, extending no doubt over many ages, those time-honoured watchers of the sky, the early Chaldeans, had arrived at this remarkable generalisation; and they used it for the rough prediction of eclipses. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language The racks were on, and the knives and forks had begun their time-honoured minuet within their funny little fences. A Bookful of Girls The time-honoured festival was kept up in rather a languid fashion at Briarcroft. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life A contrast, indeed, to the wood-covered heights and undulating pastures of the fair country of Kent, where the home of the Sidneys stands in all its stately time-honoured pride. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney It was a ridiculous scene altogether—the more ridiculous as the combatants belonged to a race at which it was an old, time-honoured custom to laugh. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story The time-honoured expression "End of the World" really applies to very little beyond the end of our own earth. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language There is not in the universe such an areopagus for fair play and abhorrence of all crooked ways, as an English mob, or one of the English time-honoured public schools. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 “I told them to––” again he stopped and laughed; “well, Patricia, I told them such was the time-honoured custom of my country and regretted my inability to consider their request.” Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker I can see it tearing ruthlessly onwards, and dashing through prejudices, opinions, usages, and time-honoured and venerated institutions, and sweeping all away like so many cobwebs. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge He glanced at the old marshal, swallowed hard a couple of times, and then hopefully ventured the time-honoured question: "Anything new, Anderson?" Anderson Crow, Detective The unpreparedness of Great Britain in all national crises is a time-honoured theme. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force The term "Republic" as applied to Poland was, of course, no subversive title, such being the time-honoured name by which the Polish state had been known through its history. Kościuszko A Biography Cæsar had issued invitations to a family tea in his room in honour of Christopher’s achievement, as was a time-honoured custom when any of the members of the family distinguished themselves in work or play. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker A special building for these has since been erected in Chancery Lane, and by a grant from Parliament this beautiful and time-honoured building has been redeemed from the miserable condition resulting from centuries of neglect. Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young It was the last Diet held under the system of four Estates, sitting in separate houses, and the last remnant of this time-honoured, venerable, but certainly somewhat cumbrous Swedish system of representation disappeared. Through Finland in Carts Hardly disguising his relief, counsel proceeded to develop the impression in his own time-honoured way. Anthony Lyveden An incongruity is the wedding of two thoughts which have had no reasonable courtship, and marriages without wooing are apt to lead to domestic discord, even to the breaking up of an ancient, time-honoured family. The World I Live In But very soon after his coronation, the Emperor Komei departed from this time-honoured sequence of procedure and formally instructed the Bakufu that the traditional policy of the empire in foreign affairs must be strictly maintained. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era It encouraged the poorest labourer to practise, for instance, all those time-honoured crafts which Cobbett, in his little book on Cottage Economy, had advocated as the one hope for labourers. Change in the Village When the waiter had reckoned up the sum in the time-honoured manner and departed, Uncle Solomon turned and began to struggle into his great-coat. The Giant's Robe They would be relieved of a heavy burden if they ceased to pay the share of those who were exempt, and rejected the time-honoured custom that the poor should bear taxation for the rich. Lectures on the French Revolution This was taken up by the Reichsbank when it established its office in Hamburg in the time-honoured building which had belonged to the Hamburg Clearing House. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Unlike his father he allowed himself to be swayed by favour and affection, arbitrarily ignored time-honoured rules, and was guilty of great extravagance in matters of religion. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Sumatra is veritably El Dorado to the Eastern wife and mother, conversant with every detail respecting the management of land or money, and jealously guarding the time-honoured rights and privileges of her exalted position. Through the Malay Archipelago A good deal of aboriginal amateurishness has been evaporating as the woman doctor has been taking the place of the time-honoured amateur dispenser of brimstone and treacle, and even horrider things. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study We now enter," said Berry, with the time-honoured flourish of the hired conductor, "the famous Bishops' Row. Jonah and Co. Maybe that the present established relations of our appetites to the time-honoured savours, by which the ancient Jews sought to propitiate the Deity, are destined to be superseded. More Science From an Easy Chair The Emperor Kwammu was the first to break away from this time-honoured usage. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Actors perform old-world dramas in dumb show, and conjurors in gaudy attire attract people of all ages to those time-honoured feats of legerdemain which once represented the sorcery of the mystic East. Through the Malay Archipelago The time-honoured distribution, also given already, of the "matter" of this romance does not concern us so much here as it would in a history of French literature, but it concerns us. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 I should be very reluctant to think that there was anything fishy or fraudulent about the time-honoured institution of Private Property. More Trivia The coronation was, therefore, carried out with due pomp and all the time-honoured formalities, but without the profuse extravagance which attended the enthronement of George IV. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) It was fifteen years after peace was declared that the Tsar sent a messenger to Siberia commanding Anna's immediate release and return, and also conferring upon her the time-honoured title of Podski. Terribly Intimate Portraits Sam, in no humour to be meek, made the time-honoured rejoinder. The Huntress "My father is dead and I am heir to great estates and a time-honoured name." Grey Town An Australian Story I expressed my conviction briefly; but the time-honoured word I made use of seemed unfamiliar to them—they looked at each other and began whispering together. More Trivia I now, therefore, leave the amateur to choose for himself — bearing in mind the time-honoured aphorism, chacun à son goût. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. What this girl of twenty said to him had much more weight than the time-honoured precepts of his father; and yet both, doubtless, had their weight. The Bertrams Here was a brand-new story which did not fit any of the time-honoured court-room situations. The Huntress But the Admiralty have recently swamped the well-known and distinctive nautical title—despite of its time-honoured claims to repute—and introduced the army appellative, PAYMASTER, in its stead. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Even the king sallied forth from his castle, accompanied by his courtiers, to favour with his presence the time-honoured custom of crowning the May-queen. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls If his successor was chosen in the time-honoured way, a member of the coarbial family would certainly be selected, and in all probability he would be a layman, who would not accept episcopal orders. St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh One can only repeat the time-honoured defence by lawyers when similarly attacked—that to avoid ambiguity experience has shown that a certain amount of jargon is necessary! Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 After due observance on both sides of the time-honoured rules of bargaining, the matter was concluded, and Musq'oosis made a feint of gathering up his bundles. The Huntress A common time-honoured, but strange expression, for sudden apprehension or misgiving. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Spizey moved ponderously into the box in all the glory of his time-honoured livery. In the Mayor's Parlour And as for the time-honoured phrases, "Take away that bauble!" and "England expects every man to do his duty," I don't believe they were ever uttered—not now. A Dominie in Doubt Angel even suggested certain time-honoured ditties of boyhood, which, shouted in chorus, would be almost certain to have a disastrous effect on a female addicted to migraine. Explorers of the Dawn To make friends in this time-honoured way with the whole village cost me less than two francs. A Tramp's Notebook The constable had recourse to a time-honoured ruse. Mediæval Wales Chiefly in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Six Popular Lectures The good old ways, the time-honoured customs would have another lease of life. In the Mayor's Parlour The time-honoured and delightful custom of thus celebrating the Birthday of the Holy Child seems, with some change of form, to be steadily and rapidly gaining ground. From a Cornish Window A New Edition That night old Baldwin and the captain of the Malolo got thoroughly drunk in the orthodox and time-honoured Island business fashion. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 On stepping across the road, I found these suspicions completely realised; for there, resting on the top of the wall, were the time-honoured steps of the cross of my anxiety. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 441 Volume 17, New Series, June 12, 1852 "It must just be the time-honoured family affair," Frances had declared. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 But it'll take a lot more than Monitor articles and Local Government Board inquiries to uproot the ancient and time-honoured customs of Hathelsborough. In the Mayor's Parlour "But you don't say whether you forgive him or not, Rachel," said Sir William, whose idea of carrying off the situation was to indulge in the time-honoured banter suitable to those about to become engaged. The Arbiter A Novel In the heat of his ardour he suggested the revival of several quaint old festivals which had once held time-honoured places in the calendar of the year. A harum-scarum schoolgirl Mr Bramble mounted once more on to the seat of his chair, and saying, “Look-out for the chorus!” began one of the time-honoured Dominican cricket songs. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story The time-honoured grenades, which were so marked a feature in those days, were thus resuscitated. 1914 It is a metrical version of the time-honoured favourites, and every fable has a picture filling the page opposite. A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals Already she had chafed at several time-honoured rules and customs, for her sense of reverence for traditions had been stifled by her ceaseless change of residence, and Sally May was becoming exceedingly popular. Judy of York Hill Here was a proper and solemn formality, rich in coloured phrases and time-honoured pretence. The King's Mirror If she is right, I can only suppose that Miss Pettigrew in using the word flippant meant to support the authority of her subordinates and to snub Lalage for attempting to rebel against time-honoured tradition. Lalage's Lovers It came in time-honoured forms—those of horses and of a woman. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The Boer process of expansion is simple and time-honoured. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 And the truth of this is rendered more apparent in our hereditary and time-honoured customs and laws. Plutarch's Morals It was an appeal to an old time-honoured alliance, sanctified by common sorrows, endeared by stolen victories shared in fearful secrecy. The King's Mirror In fact, we proceeded on that eminently simple principle which is couched in the well-known and time-honoured phrase, “follow your nose.” Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication What need to rack our brains when we have the time-honoured method of the Pharaohs at our disposal? The Conquest of Bread For the rest, he always followed the time-honoured custom of considering every prisoner guilty till he was proved innocent. Stradella It is a proud thing to feel that not for a moment can a man remain a slave who rests under the shadow of that time-honoured banner. My First Cruise and Other stories That process, time-honoured in the hotel line, will not produce the beverage called coffee. Orley Farm It is pleasant to record that the Board of Trade, exhibiting the same spirit of self-abnegation, has insisted on substituting the time-honoured inscription, "Made in Germany." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 The civic Brer Terrapin certainly seems Extremely content with its time-honoured station. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, March 4, 1893 From whichever point of the compass it be studied, there is ever a different charm displayed, and the charm varies according to the light that plays upon the time-honoured handiwork of the Norman builders. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire Those were the days of the time-honoured legends about Nature "abhorring a vacuum," tolerating no "breaks," and the wonders of her "curative force". Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles There is nothing certainly more natural than that a new tombstone should be made after the fashion of time-honoured monuments, the pride of the graveyard in which it is to be placed. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author Precedents are a great thing in diplomacy; here we find a time-honoured one. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Christmas in the South of the United States is a time-honoured holiday season, as ancient as the settlement of the Cavalier colonies themselves. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries A time-honoured error is thus commemorated in a word, the origin of which must be ascribed to want of thought. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators It was not the reply according to time-honoured formula, and Charlie, who was expecting something quite different, was at no pains to hide his perplexity. A Master Of Craft It was a part of her punishment that she was to be locked in her room until Helena left for New York; but Helena visited her every night in her time-honoured fashion. The Californians I remember that when my father made a joke—it was always a good, old, time-honoured favourite—he would look about to see that all the servants were smiling at the jest. Patsy The Washington315 negroes, free, have pretty much the same zest for their time-honoured amusements which they had when under the dominion of the oligarchy. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries We must not conclude that we alone possess the knowledge of absolute truth, merely because our conceit postulates for us the superiority of our time-honoured civilisation. French and Oriental Love in a Harem When luncheon was over, Mr. Fullerton went to the garden with his family, according to a time-honoured custom. The Daughters of Danaus It is inevitable, perhaps, that a rather time-honoured War Office hand—thirteen years of it, covering different periods between 1887 and 1918—should entertain somewhat mixed feelings with regard to the Press. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 Warren Hastings’ high-handed dealings with the temples and time-honoured if scandalous customs of the Hindoos filled Burke with horror. Obiter Dicta Second Series Thomas Thomas had, however, sufficient respect for the opinion of his neighbours to make him compromise matters by providing for himself alone a small beefsteak as an adjunct to the time-honoured goose. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Rendered somewhat desperate by his prying disposition, they had seized him on this particular night, during a scuffle, and were now about to dispose of him in a time-honoured way. The Lifeboat No, Bob, I don’t, and I won’t be guilty of any such gross innovation on time-honoured custom. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables Let the opponents of the Established Church rail at it as they will, scenes of such wickedness and impiety could never have happened within its time-honoured walls. Rattlin the Reefer In ancient times this was one of the chief sources of the time-honoured frankincense trade, which still maintains itself here even more than in the Hadhramout. Southern Arabia He succeeded in giving a new character to the time-honoured types used in preceding artistic representations. Fra Angelico In the latter case, those taken with arms in their hands may be hung, drawn and quartered as traitors, in accordance with the time-honoured custom of our fathers. Hurricane Hurry They made him long harangues, and assured him that their great wish was to develop their ancient and time-honoured institutions into whatever form was likely to prove most popular. The Seven Champions of Christendom The joke which is based on attributing a cure to Nature alone, and death solely to the physician's want of skill, is one of the most time-honoured. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine “Right you are,” rejoined Eric, with his time-honoured phrase; and then the two, as usual, had a hearty laugh. Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes He fancied he had discovered just what he wanted in the time-honoured rule about compulsory cricket. The Master of the Shell How delightful it was to feel myself once more on board ship, bowling away with a fine breeze through the free sparkling waters, with England’s time-honoured flag above my head. Hurricane Hurry The houses of Mexico City are very generally constructed and let as viviendas, or flats, usually of about six rooms to each floor, a time-honoured arrangement among all classes. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development The home-coming of the long-absent brother with his betrothed was celebrated, in accordance with time-honoured custom, with a great dinner that filled the spacious family dining-room to its utmost. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania I reversed this time-honoured mental exercise; and for some months, noted down what I could remember of the transactions of the mind, during its sleeping hours. The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I We have our little tiffs and our little reconciliations; we have our mutual jokes and our time-honoured arguments. The Master of the Shell There was another time-honoured ceremony to be observed. For the Sake of the School One of his followers quarrelled with another, and after the time-honoured local custom, assuaged his feelings by means of a spear-thrust, which had a fatal result. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories The naïve German peoples, as already pointed out, accepted this Prussian domination as the realization of their time-honoured patriotic ideal of German unity. German Culture Past and Present Notwithstanding this, the authorities of the city still continued to "hang out their banner on the outward walls;" and it is only within the last ten years that the time-honoured custom has ceased to exist. Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. At the Porter's Lodge in the gateway the time-honoured "dole" of beer and bread is given to visitors. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See There, any day, you might see a coachman curry-combing his satin-skinned horses, hissing between his teeth by way of encouragement, after the time-honoured custom. Mary Gray "Robinson's" was a great and time-honoured institution in Redcross, while it and its masters were somewhat of anomalies. A Houseful of Girls Long, large, white Christmas Candles were lighted, set in old-fashioned, time-honoured, brass candlesticks, accompanied by equally old and honoured brass snuffers and trays, all bright and shining. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide Our most common game, however, was the time-honoured drama of "houses." A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son He professed to disbelieve in the time-honoured prescription, "Plant a primrose upside down, and it will come up a polyanthus," and refused to help me to make the experiment. Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers Therefore the bread and Honey of time-honoured memory is a sound form of sustenance, as likewise, the proverbial milk and Honey of the Old Testament. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure The man who sets out to expose popular fallacies or to confound time-honoured legends is bound to make enemies. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-17 But the soldier of to-day—I do not mean the British soldier only—still insists on regarding these revolutionary appliances as mere accessories, and untrustworthy ones at that, to the time-honoured practice of his art. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought Ben Jonson, in his elegy on the dramatist, adapted the time-honoured figure when he hailed his dead friend's achievement as "a monument without a tomb." Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays Why, it was contrary to all the time-honoured filthy habits of the noble self-respecting race of Australian gins, and "they would have none of it." The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 To begin with there was no time-honoured prologue, and worse, there was no preliminary overture. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' But the grief which he had felt because of this was softened by a time-honoured and venerable custom. A Mummer's Tale An unscrupulous missionary will, for his own ends, preach resistance to time-honoured customs and privileges which Niger has himself accepted. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative They had it out, man to man, and with all the time-honoured and hoary arguments. The Place Beyond the Winds By time-honoured naval usage, on Christmas Day, after Divine Service, on board every ship, the officers, headed by the Captain, visit the men at dinner in their messes, which are always gay with seasonable decorations. The Illustrated War News, Number 21, Dec. 30, 1914 Would not one living man —one companion in my weary solitude, be worth all the glory and remembered power of this time-honoured city? The Last Man The 'willing' is, of course, akin to 'wishing' when cutting the cards in another time-honoured form of fortune-telling. Tea-Cup Reading and Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves, by a Highland Seer Thus both extracts alike suggest that the Fourth Gospel was already a time-honoured book when they were written. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" In fact, with two or three exceptions, they hung together and irated me in good round English, forward and backward with little regard to Johnson or any of the time-honoured lexicographers. Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton Nothing that even suggested the time-honoured scene of soldiers leaving home to fight the Empire's battles. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" Now Helen Johns was a beauty; no one unbiassed by the party spirit of a time-honoured feud would have denied that. A Dozen Ways Of Love He consulted her tastes, as if he had never known them; he started the time-honoured lovers' topics; he talked about books—which she preferred and the reasons for her preference. The Helpmate Two strings to a bow is a time-honoured provision. The House by the Church-Yard No smug "good form" in that—nor in the time-honoured jest which follows: "And 'ave you remembered to bring me a bottle of beer, mother?" Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital The time-honoured alliance of dulness and respectability has had its decree nisi from the American press. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin Her pupil was openly irreverent about the first; and when the governess, after the time-honoured method, produced an endless vista of exceptions to the rule in French grammar, the girl balked. The Parts Men Play The dangers arising from the possible pauperisation of the proletariat may, it is to be hoped, be averted by our national character and by the natural play of our time-honoured institutions. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 Like most other relics of antiquity, the time-honoured walls of Spalatro have been witnesses of those varied emotions to which the human heart is subject. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels Crowning the rich vale of Touraine, with the river winding below, and reflecting its castle towers in the still water, this time-honoured home of our Plantagenet kings has been not inaptly compared to Windsor. Joan of Arc The keen-eyed Yankees distinguish more clearly than we do between the essential conditions of existence and the "stupid and vulgar accidents of human contrivance," and are consequently readier to lay irreverent hands on time-honoured abuses. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin Mr. Milton’s name is no longer associated with this time-honoured tavern, but with a new hotel. p. 123Page 86. The Scarlet Gown being verses by a St. Andrews Man The title which heads this paper is intended to be Latin, and is modelled on the precedent of the De Amicitia, De Senectute, De Corona, and other time-honoured plagues of our innocent boyhood. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science She had heard the potent summons of her old, time-honoured ritual. Four Weird Tales Often it adjusts itself along time-honoured lines, and with time-honoured results. Americans and Others From this it would seem that Badiley attacked in succession in the time-honoured way, and that the old rudimentary form of the line ahead was still the ordinary practice. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. But Norgate was too sharp to be caught by this time-honoured manoeuvre. Adrien Leroy Sir George Campbell has set his face against the time-honoured practice of Falling in Love. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science In the gaols a system of messing had been established which interfered with the time-honoured custom of every man being allowed to provide and cook his own food. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Think of the debilitated jests and stories which a time-honoured custom inserts at the back of some of our magazines. Americans and Others It introduces no new principle, and is obviously based on the time-honoured idea of group tactics and mutual support. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. Another illustration, taken from the very antipodes of Madagascar, recently found its way into print in an incidental manner,7 and is so good that it deserves a place beside de Flacourt's time-honoured example. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development Nor need we really depart from our time-honoured principle of neutrality in religious matters. Indian Unrest We were Conservatives then, true patriots, and we imitated--feebly, it is true, but earnestly--the time-honoured customs of old England. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned The overture itself is a notable example of that new beauty which Weber infused into the time-honoured form. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. If the enemy's line was actually cut, it must have been an accident or a mere instance of the time-honoured practice of trying to concentrate on or 'overcharge' a part of the enemy's fleet. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. But there's one man who I should have said, to use a time-honoured phrase, wouldn't let me operate on a sick cat. Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular To-night he spoke of Christmas, of time-honoured custom and old association; and what he said would have made a Christmas article for a magazine of the first class. The Brownies and Other Tales He paid no respect to time-honoured practices and opinions if he believed them to be false. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 The two Justices took their places with magisterial decorum, the witnesses seated themselves again, and, all being ready, the sergeant opened the court with its time-honoured formula. The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police It is in Article XIV., and that is only a resurrection of the time-honoured corps de réserve, formed of superfluous ships after your line has been equalised with that of a numerically inferior enemy. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. Equally did their Majesties fulfil another of the time-honoured conceptions of royalty by knowing, so to say, when to step down from their throne and mix freely with the people. India, Old and New The Boers do not believe in departing from the time-honoured names of their forefathers. The Boer in Peace and War There is a time-honoured proverb, which bids us "Laugh and grow fat." Notes and Queries, Number 57, November 30, 1850 It is difficult to see any way of escape, except by accepting the principle of development in a sense which would repudiate the time-honoured 'appeal to antiquity.' Outspoken Essays But a new and advanced note is struck in the author's insistence on the captain-general's keeping out of action as long as possible, instead of leading the attack in the time-honoured way. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. Secret Royalists and but half-hearted Puritans abounded, and these did not scruple to abet a breach of the law, and to be entertained now and then in the old time-honoured way. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Jasper Penny listened attentively; it was his intention soon to dispense entirely with all the time-honoured methods of iron manufacture. The Three Black Pennys A Novel The admission of this single truth of value is enough to raise all the time-honoured problems of ethics and theodicy. Recent Developments in European Thought While we enjoyed peace and prosperity, the credulity of the public found its chief outlet in various systems of faith-healing and in the time-honoured pretensions of priest-craft. Outspoken Essays The place seemed to their imagination protected by more than mortal powers, otherwise how was it possible that a few half-starved fishermen could already have so triumphantly overthrown the time-honoured legions of Spain. A Wanderer in Holland No man on earth could make Nella-Rose more his than his love and good faith had made her, still he was eager now to resort to all the time-honoured safeguards before he left. The Man Thou Gavest The economic change was decided on in the year 1879, when the federated States returned to "the time-honoured ways of 1823-65." The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) We shall find that this time-honoured phraseology was adhered to long after the grave moral dangers which beset this type of Mysticism had been recognised. Christian Mysticism It is also a time-honoured tradition that the fruit is best picked when basking in the morning sun. Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet But it is one of the ancient and time-honoured privileges of the House of Commons to raise almost any question on the motion for the adjournment of the House. Sketches in the House (1893) The pillory was one of our time-honoured institutions fifty years ago, and men and women used to be placed there for offences, such as a wise legislature would have endeavoured to conceal from public consideration. Thrift They welcome a foreigner of modest condition, provided he speaks and thinks like themselves upon two or three capital questions, has a profound veneration for certain time-honoured lumber, and curses heartly certain innovations. The Roman Question The pressure of authority, loyalty to the established order, and human nature, which is stronger than either, has prevented them from casting away the time-honoured symbols and vehicles of Divine love. Christian Mysticism Writs had been issued, therefore, for the return of over 500 members from England and Wales by the old time-honoured constituencies, besides additions from Scotland and Ireland. The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 Everything was sold out,—or, if not, it was disposed of by auction after the time-honoured method of Fairs. Patty and Azalea Is it possible that we cannot restore some of these time-honoured customs? Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs A grand and time-honoured principle, of which the legitimacy is not doubtful to him, was violated in his person. The Roman Question This will necessitate an alteration in the time-honoured formula of the Toastmaster. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 7, 1891 Surely that magnificent and time-honoured structure would not be permitted to perish without some attempt to save it! The Sign of the Red Cross Our women folk, although they dreaded a fracas, were particularly impatient of this time-honoured game. The Siege of Kimberley The "bringing-in" of the new year is a time-honoured custom; which duty is performed by the first person who enters the house after the old year has expired. Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs And, anyhow, a new boy was an object of curiosity and his preliminary persecution a time-honoured custom. The Dark House And there also, in time-honoured Lancaster, was made the following illustrative speech. The Bed-Book of Happiness Whigs and Radicals are, in this instance, as determined conservators of abuses which are not time-honoured as any Member for Lincoln City or Oxford University. Rides on Railways It was not that the season accentuated the want of enough to eat; nor was it the absence of the time-honoured turkey that tried us most. The Siege of Kimberley They received the time-honoured wage of tenpence a day, and worked, or talked, about eight hours. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor Only a very few of the party found their way to the old time-honoured building to join in the Christmas service that morning. Weapons of Mystery If all these schemes of conciliation were rejected as dangerous and impracticable, there remained of course the time-honoured remedy of Coercion. Sydney Smith Blue chins, and sympathy expressed by semaphore action, in the good old time-honoured fashion. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 1, 1890 There were the time-honoured annual excursions to that modest watering-place and now famous battlefield to excite the imagination, where "shells" could be gathered of more historic value than the "common" ones by the sea. The Siege of Kimberley At that season the time-honoured gossip corner, close to the Manor gate, was deserted for the warmth and action of the forge. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor There were blendings of Oriental elements, Egyptian, Jewish, or Syrian; but these elements were themselves derived from advanced and time-honoured civilisations. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul The doctrine of evolution is still the ignotum to a great many, and it is therefore, according to the time-honoured proverb, taken pro magnifico, as something terribly adverse to the faith. Creation and Its Records The futile time-honoured phrase of triumph so ready on the lips of those who have prophesied evil was trembling upon hers. Witness for the Defense Deadham, meanwhile, in act of repossessing its soul in peace and hibernating according to time-honoured habit until the vernal equinox. Deadham Hard We have here the time-honoured opposition of egoism and altruism, with a difference. Recent Tendencies in Ethics The fact that religiously he adhered to the time-honoured evangelical tenets helped much in the war which the new science was forced to wage with the odium theologicum. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe Last Easter the customary baking of cakes—a time-honoured ceremony in Germany—-was forbidden all over Prussia from April 1 to 26. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War Of what use is the time-honoured custom of writers of genius or mere talent to stop at the threshold of these descriptions, as if full descriptions were forbidden? The Inferno His perplexity was great on being thus confronted by the time-honoured question as to how far, in the interests of public morality, it is justifiable for the private individual roundly to lie. Deadham Hard I shall now learn from thee the time-honoured rules for perpetually keeping up the sacred fire."'" The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 2 At that moment both boys became guilty of serious breaches against time-honoured school etiquette. The Soul of a Child And the homely dialect does undoubtedly naturalize the characters of his eclogues, and disguise the time-honoured platitudes that they repeat from their learned predecessors. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England The exhibition is a droll one; but it always gives me a painful feeling: I do not like to see the effigy of a time-honoured sage abased. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay Did she hail his coming as that of a wise counsellor merely—or— But here Mary—still pursuing the time-honoured ritual of shutting up—entered candle in hand, the landing showing brightly lit behind her. Deadham Hard Nor, as I conceive, is there any irreverence in supposing that a time-honoured intelligible symbol should be chosen to embody and formalize a creed. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts That is the time-honoured policy of her Foreign Office. Peace Theories and the Balkan War It is one of the most imaginative of the series, and in it Spenser has refashioned time-honoured themes with more conspicuous taste than elsewhere. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England |
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