Time of Hope and George Passant depict the price paid by clever, poor young men to escape their provincial origins.

The work is so astonishing, so luminous, that it seems to have come from a god and not a mortal, let alone a mortal of provincial origins and modest education.

Some of the other tribunes - those unaware of their legate's provincial origins - laughed.

Schulz would have been amused; now suddenly, he is the best of Poles, an international figure, well beyond his provincial Jewish origins.

Previously, the community was segregated by provincial origin, but with the establishment of a Chinese Committee to represent the community, they have become more integrated.

Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus was a western Roman emperor of provincial origin.

From these relatively obscure provincial origins, Postumus would have risen through the ranks of the army until he held command of the Roman forces "among the Celts".

Despite its provincial origins it attracted Italian musicians and composers, many of whom became permanent residents of Corfu and contributed to the local music scene.

The juxtaposition of her cosmopolitan art experience with her provincial origin, asking the question "What is art?"

Atia's first husband was Gaius Octavius, a Senator of obscure provincial origins.