In every Circular or Polygonal household it has been a habit
from time immemorial -- and now has become a kind of instinct among the women of our higher classes -- that the mothers and daughters should constantly keep their eyes and mouths towards their husband and his male friends; and for a lady in a family of distinction to turn her back upon her husband would be regarded as a kind of portent, involving loss of STATUS.
Flatland
Before Tarzan came upon his first visit, La had had no thought that such men as he existed, for she knew only her hideous little priests and the bulls of the tribe of great anthropoids that had dwelt
from time immemorial in and about Opar, until they had come to be looked upon almost as equals by the Oparians.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
I said secretly, because the Fairy had warned the Queen that the King was a magician; and as
from time immemorial there had been a standing feud between the Fairies and the Wizards, he might not have approved of his wife's visit.
Yellow Fairy Book
Don Quixote left him, and hastened to the castle to tell the duke and duchess what had happened Sancho, and they were not a little astonished at it; they could easily understand his having fallen, from the confirmatory circumstance of the cave which had been in existence there
from time immemorial; but they could not imagine how he had quitted the government without their receiving any intimation of his coming.
Don Quixote
For my own part, I should doubtless have belonged to the latter class, had I received instruction from but one master, or had I never known the diversities of opinion that
from time immemorial have prevailed among men of the greatest learning.
Reason For Discourse
At others he will with his own hands tear down some other man's gate and declare that a path has existed there
from time immemorial, defying the owner to prosecute him for trespass.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
These and the rest of a shy man's troubles are always very amusing to other people, and have afforded material for comic writing
from time immemorial. But if we look a little deeper we shall find there is a pathetic, one might almost say a tragic, side to the picture.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
All of our Princes and Rulers have grown upon this one bush
from time immemorial."
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
The Communists have no need to introduce community of women; it has existed almost
from time immemorial.
Communist Manifesto
These are inhabited by as many distinct tribes of savages, who, although speaking kindred dialects of a common language, and having the same religion and laws, have
from time immemorial waged hereditary warfare against each other.
Typee
"We ran round to Morecambe Bay, and landed the gold as we Rattrays had landed lace and brandy
from time immemorial. We left Eva in charge of Jane Braithwaite, God only knows how much against my will, but we were in a corner, it was life or death with us, and to find out how much you knew was a first plain necessity.
Dead Men Tell No Tales
This was the way in which the Kukuana people had
from time immemorial preserved their royal dead.
King Solomons Mines
"There are a couple of torn volumes somewhere; they have been lying about
from time immemorial," added Alexandra.
The Idiot
In these three dances the dancers furnish their own music, which never varies; nor do the steps or figures vary, having been handed down
from time immemorial. All Barsoomian dances are stately and beautiful, but The Dance of Barsoom is a wondrous epic of motion and harmony--there is no grotesque posturing, no vulgar or suggestive movements.
The Chessmen of Mars
"You must remember," he explained suavely, "that it was built by my grandfather, and that we have had rights over the whole of the foreshore here
from time immemorial. I know quite well that my brother gave it to your father - or rather he sold it to him for a nominal sum.
The Vanished Messenger