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
Ambition, in desiring to be advanced to equal grace and favour, as you have been beforetime; that grace you had then, you got not in a day or year.
From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Stephen, Harry Lushington, Sir
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
At present the Mystic Seven, who beforetime had offered a united 174 front to the world, were suffering from a series of internal quarrels.
From The Madcap of the School by Salmon, Balliol
Nay, she had beforetime hinted that some individual of the name, of moderate wealth and good breeding, might in time be found for a suitable alliance.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John
