remote ages

It has descended from very remote ages, as is proved by the evidence afforded by Egyptian mummies, the nails of which are most commonly stained of a reddish hue.

In those same remote ages of “sweet mythology” there lived a king whose three daughters were world-renowned on account of their matchless beauty.

It was the place where in not very remote ages smugglers concealed the contraband goods that they had succeeded in landing on the coast below.

In remote ages, the department of Female Biography was almost a void.

This supposed divine attribute of the priesthood can be traced to remote ages: Æsculapius was son of Apollo, and princes and heroes did not consider the art of surgery beneath their dignity.