The Enlightenment, of which it was the quintessential American expression, was swept away in Europe by the French Revolution, Napoleon, and Romanticism.

It is the quintessential expression of the chaos of human nature.

This quintessential expression of Earth Day will take place at the town's recycling center, 1410 Honeyspot Road Extension.

He described the vineyard as "the quintessential expression of the miracle of nature."

But in their first attempt at working together, they may have already found the quintessential expression of themselves.

Even the quintessential Canadian expression is put to use on one pin, which says simply, "No, eh?"

They did, however, give it Christmas - a holiday that became synonymous with genteel family life and a quintessential expression of its central values.

Others see the 1979 Soviet move into Afghanistan as the the quintessential expression of policy making in a closed society.

His swashbuckling sashays through Hong Kong society have been depicted as the quintessential expression of his "chuppie" - Chinese yuppie - marketing.

"It was the quintessential expression of the neighborhood," said Nancy Ralph, director of the New York Food Museum.