Both Uses of
primeval
in
Don Quixote
- The modest converse of the shepherd girls of these hamlets and the care of my goats are my recreations; my desires are bounded by these mountains, and if they ever wander hence it is to contemplate the beauty of the heavens, steps by which the soul travels to its primeval abode.†
Chpt 1.13-14 *
- If thou wilt not unmask thy counterfeit, This earth will be the prey of strife once more, As when primaeval discord held its reign.†
Chpt 1.27-28
Definition:
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(primeval) ancient (of or from a long time ago); or having existed from ancient times