of a former period
Example Sentences
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What a wide contrast between such education and that of a former period!
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob
So generally did they ingratiate themselves into the favor of the public that they passed among the people as seers and prophets of a former period.
From The History of the Negro Church by Woodson, Carter Godwin
All the coal dug from the earth represents vegetable life of a former period.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips
That is the wonderful part of it all, granite is the basis, granite distinctly showing the progress of glaciers of a former period.
From Through Finland in Carts by Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)
Natalie Poussette, who would return to her husband, and Clairville Manor again assume the lively air of a former period, with French retainers young and old overrunning the house and grounds.
From Ringfield A Novel by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)
