erewhile

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My cup is drain'd e'en to the dregs, The vessel shiver'd, dash'd erewhile to earth!—

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John

The laughing, saucy lips, so ready with badinage and repartee, are closed tightly together, and the blue eyes, erewhile flashing and sparkling with light-hearted mirth, now start forth with a hard stare.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

Yet she might about as well have stayed where she was, for the erewhile great whirling gold town was now as a city of the dead.

From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram

But yet erewhile the lagging moments come That layeth the living, conscious, burden down, Firm faith may rest in hope.

From Little Women Letters from the House of Alcott by Alcott, Louisa May

This pinnace, friends, which here you see, Avers erewhile she used to be Unmatched for speed, and could outstrip Triumphantly the fastest ship That ever swam, or breasted gale, Alike with either oar or sail.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various