whilom

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Whilom Fascisti, now Liberal, Deputy Boeri was emphatic in stating that the Vice President's resignation ought to be accepted.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whilom there was dwelling in Oxenford A riche gnof*, that *guestes held to board*, *miser *took in boarders* And of his craft he was a carpenter.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

Whilom, ere youth’s conceit had waned, methought Answers to all life’s problems I had wrought; But now, grown old and wise, too late I see My life is spent, and all my lore is nought.

From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander

Whilom Love was like a tire, and warmth and comfort it bespoke; But, alas! it now is quenched, and only bites us, like the smoke.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Whilom, defiant rovers in search of change, they scoffed at conditions and went their way regardless of the peril that stalked the seas.

From West Wind Drift by McCutcheon, George Barr