primevality

Example Sentences

• "He had been, the greater part of his life, a Quaker; and, to the day of his death, he wore the Quaker costume in its most perfect primevality—his broad hat, half cock and half slouch; his drab coat, of an ample length and breadth of skirts; his drab waistcoat, with flaps of such liberal dimensions, that they afforded room for pockets as large as those in most men’s coats; his drab breeches, fastened at the knees with buckles; his neat gray worsted stockings; and capacious shoes, clasped with large steel buckles."
• "The observations and the assiduity required to make them are not out of measure with the known patience and primevality of the Egyptian priesthood."
• "The Primevality of Revelation and Spiritual Gifts."
• "I never was more disappointed than in the transition from the primevality of the far West to the more advanced state of society in the Peninsular State, and like all who have left Kansas, I anxiously look for the time of return, which will be early in the spring, if not sooner."
• "After all, there is nothing like nature, in her primevality.[…]There he found Nature—there was primevality indeed!"
• "The jokes had the true histrionic smack of primevality, and the several actors acquitted themselves quite dramatically."