of a former period
Example Sentences
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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)
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
Tradition, which dominated the agriculture of a former period, is a disappearing factor in husbandry of the soil.
From The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology by Wilson, Warren H. (Warren Hugh)
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
All the coal dug from the earth represents vegetable life of a former period.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips
