of a former period

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Many animals of a former period disappear, and are replaced by others belonging to still existent families—elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros—though extinct as species.

From An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges by Anonymous

The types and symbols of a former period were blessed to the souls of men, as well as the fuller revelations of succeeding times.

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John

The gross immoralities of a former period had subsided when he wrote: he mentioned the change with regret.

From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by West, John

So analytical, so refined is our age, that singing sometimes becomes a sort of musical declamation, but, unfortunately, without that power to declaim possessed by the actors and often the opera-singers of a former period.

From Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) by Mills, Wesley

Correspondences ensued, in which the policy and events of a former period were discussed with earnestness and warmth.

From Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. by Quincy, Josiah