beforetime

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Is this the beforetime for Johns, a memory of a time before he decided to be an artist, before he turned inward and began to live almost entirely in his head?

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2021

I could count on no cast clothes from him: for he himself went in such rags as did beforetime my hermit in the woods.

From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von

Whereas beforetime she had been easygoing, slack, and ready to shut eyes and ears to school-girl failings, she was now keenly vigilant and highly exacting.

From The Madcap of the School by Salmon, Balliol

"Would you have believed that I was bribed, my prince, had it not chanced that you had heard of the sword from me beforetime?"

From King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

Now because of my absence there has risen envy and treachery in the hearts of those who beforetime I have heaped with honours and riches.

From Bright-Wits, Prince of Mogadore by Laughlin, Burren