uit de oudheid Anglais:

In ancient times, plagues killed many people.

ancient monuments

An ancient manor, probably from the time of the templar knights, is the home to our family, and its outbuildings welcome friends and holiday guests all year round.

Although many European researchers have studied ancient Persian literature in the nineteenth century, the new world is not paying attention to our contemporary literature.

The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of our island.

At no period of our ancient history does there appear to have been greater attention paid to the culture of the female mind than during the age of Elizabeth and at no time has there existed a greater number of amiable and respectable women.

In ancient China there were no cats; the cat that we are familiar with today was not imported into China from abroad until much later.

In ancient Rome, the bodyguards who surrounded the wealthy and powerful to protect them when they walked the streets, were called satellites.

Ten million hectares of ancient forest are being cleared or destroyed every year. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature human affairs can scarce admit a remedy.

Tom Skeleton, the ancient stage doorkeeper, sat in his battered armchair, listening as the actors came up the stone stairs from their dressing rooms.

The ancient Egyptians buried their kings in pyramids. This is certainly not the case now!

of or in time long past, especially before the end of the Western Roman Empire a.d. 476: ancient history.

To the ancient Yogis, the body was seen as a vehicle for the soul, and this is a useful metaphor in the modern context.