These structures bear every indication of a very high antiquity and Kory-Kory, who was my authority in all matters of scientific research, gave me to understand that they were
coeval with the creation of the world; that the great gods themselves were the builders; and that they would endure until time shall be no more.
An old woman, who seemed
coeval with the building, and greatly resembled her whom Chamont mentions in the Orphan, received us at the gate, and in a howl scarce human, and to me unintelligible, welcomed her master home.
They were
coeval with the coureurs des bois, or rangers of the woods, already noticed, and, like them, in the intervals of their long, arduous, and laborious expeditions, were prone to pass their time in idleness and revelry about the trading posts or settlements; squandering their hard earnings in heedless conviviality, and rivaling their neighbors, the Indians, in indolent indulgence and an imprudent disregard of the morrow.
It was now that Julia, in some measure accustomed to her proximity to her hero, began to enjoy the beauties of the scenery; her eye dwelt with rapture on each opening glimpse that they caught of the river, and took in its gaze meadows of never-failing verdure, which were beautifully interspersed with elms that seemed
coeval with the country itself.
How strange is the life of a fountain!--born at every moment, yet of an age
coeval with the rocks, and far surpassing the venerable antiquity of a forest.
Such an eye was not born when the bird was, but is
coeval with the sky it reflects.
The scenery was remarkable The chief part of the range was composed of grand, solid, abrupt masses of granite, which appeared as if they had been
coeval with the beginning of the world.
A corpulent man, with a fortnight's napkin under his arm, and
coeval stockings on his legs, slowly desisted from his occupation of staring down the street, on this question being put to him by Mr.
The Draculas were, says Arminius, a great and noble race, though now and again were scions who were held by their
coevals to have had dealings with the Evil One.
His only real
coeval competition was Charlie Chaplin, whose star, so bright in life despite all the scandals, has only fallen in recent years as Keaton's has reignited.
When leaf primordia and inflorescence primordia form and develop at the same time they may be termed "
coeval" (Fig.
The
coeval display of the "opposing" religious symbols in al-Shiyya under the circumstances described above triggers many pertinent questions.