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

Thus "the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime".

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

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

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