foretime

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Whatever might be the feigned facts of the Grecian foretime, they were altogether outdone in antiquity and wonder by the actual history of Egypt.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William

So he sat and sang, like unto a seer out of the foretime to look upon; Jeremiah, the Ancient, seemed to have risen out of his grave.

From Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold by Johnson, William Savage

They are gods, these kings of the foretime, they are spirits who guard our race: Ever I watch and worship--they sit with a marble face.

From Mosaics of Grecian History by Willson, Marcius

It has shown some reasonable basis for the most superstitious aberrations of the foretime.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William

The privileged aristocracies of the foretime, with all their iniquities, did at least preserve some taste for higher human quality and honor certain forms of refinement by their enduring traditions.

From English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice by Roe, Frederick William