Old-world

Old-world formality found its way to Midtown Manhattan Friday night, when Scandinavian royalty arrived at the Hilton Hotel for the American-Scandinavian Foundation's 100th Anniversary Ball.

In Midtown, a Ball Fit for the Queens Mike Vilensky 2011

Old-world precedent called for elaborate titles to signify the dignity of rank, but the egalitarian rhetoric of the Revolution seemed to supersede those formalities.

Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

Old-world precedent called for elaborate titles to signify the dignity of rank, but the egalitarian rhetoric of the Revolution seemed to supersede those formalities.

Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

Old-world witch shares tricks for warding off the evil eye

Strega Nona From NASA Christopher 2008

Old-world witch shares tricks for warding off the evil eye

Archive 2008-04-01 Christopher 2008

Old-world cultural baggage carried to the new world may seem paramount to abstracting sociologists and other intelligently generalizing tourists.

The Day I Spoke for Mr. Lincoln 1979

It was so Old-world a bit of history that even in Heydon Hay, where history dies hard, it had died and been buried long ago.

Aunt Rachel David Christie Murray

A pair of doves had their home in a wicker cage which hung from the wall, and their cooing was like the voice of the house, so peaceful, homely, and Old-world was its aspect.

Aunt Rachel David Christie Murray

They were all sylvan green and crumbled with exposure to the weather, so that, in spite of cheapness, they gave the place a certain Old-world and stately aspect to an observer who was disposed to think so and did not care to look at them too curiously.

Aunt Rachel David Christie Murray

He walked along in high good-humor, and enjoyed his triumphal progress, though he made himself believe that it was only the quaint, rural, and Old-world smack of it which pleased him.

Aunt Rachel David Christie Murray