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Linked to Kossuth is the new talk about the new and strange action of that gone-by hero Louis Napoleon.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various

The passionate prayers of repentance of these involuntary apostates rose up to heaven as they had done in centuries gone-by from the underground synagogues of Seville, Toledo, and Saragossa.

From History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) by Friedlaender, I.

Something within her breast cried out for those shining, gone-by moments, something seemed to close down on her throat, something flooded her eyes with a softness that rolled up from her entire being.

From Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

When he awoke, smiling at something strange in his gone-by dream, he looked up to the heavens, thinking to see signs of the even at hand, for he seemed to have been dreaming so long. 

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William

Suddenly and swiftly come past you great whirls of gone-by thought, and wrecks of vain labor, eddying upon the stream that rushes to the grave.

From Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons by Mitchell, Donald Grant




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