gone-by

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It took it with a strange reversion to long gone-by conditions.

From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary

In those long gone-by days brave old Lord Saltoun, the hero of Hougomont, resided during the fishing season in the mansion-house of Auchinroath, on the high ground at the mouth of the Glen of Rothes.

From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald

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.

Many a New England youngster in days gone-by learned to come down a hill on a barrel stave in much the same way; he, too, with blood of the conqueror in his veins.

From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop

But I have neither heart nor inclination to bring to a resurrection the long gone-by memories of our forefathers.

From Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians by Johnson, Elias