erewhile

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And as one climbs the slanting pathway, these will be the words he utters: 'This was she who erewhile laid down her life for her husband; now she is a saint for evermore.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

I follow thee, As erewhile in the sin.—What sounds! what sounds!

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

The laughing, saucy lips, so ready with badinage and repartee, are closed tightly together, and the blue eyes, erewhile flashing and sparkling with light-hearted mirth, now start forth with a hard stare.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

“By the virtue of no múti save that of the spear of the King, O Elephant,” I answered, with a glance backward at where I had deposited the great assegai, the erewhile royal gift.

From The Induna's Wife by Mitford, Bertram

In the centre of the erewhile camp they found the man they sought.

From Haviland's Chum by Mitford, Bertram