foregoer

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Grandiose, something almost of great in him, of sublime,—alas, yes, of too sublime; and of unfortunate beyond proportion, paying the debt of many foregoers!

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Carlyle, Thomas

Nevertheless, the author is a little more disposed to yield to criticism than his foregoers; he does not insist on texts and readings which the greatest editors have rejected.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

That was Friedrich Wilhelm's function, made ready for him, laid to his hand by his Hohenzollern foregoers; and indeed it proved a most beneficent function.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04 by Carlyle, Thomas

Essentially it fell, almost all, to Friedrich's share; and turned out as little decisive on him as any of its foregoers.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Carlyle, Thomas

We have no right to condemn our foregoers; far less to lavish on them the evil names of impostor, charlatan, and brigand, which the zealous unhistoric school of the last century used so profusely.

From On Compromise by Morley, John