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

Thou shall thyself behold some of the mysteries touching which I have warned thee beforetime.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

On the other hand, none can say beforetime what any man can endure unless he has been tested.

From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Bennet, Robert Ames

Persecution had beforetime visited Patara, in common with other parts of the Roman Empire; and there were ominous signs, like the first mutterings of an earthquake, that a similar calamity might come again.

From The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril by Balfour, Grant

Peradventure, if I had not been beforetime so careful of my favours, I had been woo'd and wedded with the best of 'em.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John