Flora Thompson Quote

Now, with the glamour of the past upon them we are inclined to look back on old world festivities with regret and consider present day dances as a poor substitute for the old. From an artistic point of view, they maybe, but in individual freedom and independence of spirit they mark a stage upward.

August Chapter The Peverel Papers - A yearbook of the countryside ed Julian Shuckburgh Century Hutchinson 1986

Now, with the glamour of the past upon them we are inclined to look back on old world festivities with regret and consider present day dances as a...

Now, with the glamour of the past upon them we are inclined to look back on old world festivities with regret and consider present day dances as a...

Now, with the glamour of the past upon them we are inclined to look back on old world festivities with regret and consider present day dances as a...

Now, with the glamour of the past upon them we are inclined to look back on old world festivities with regret and consider present day dances as a...