times of yore

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Don John Conmee walked and moved in times of yore.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

The gray-haired Scylding, much tested, told of the times of yore.

From Beowulf by Gummere, Francis Barton

Undergo was the job of the family, as patient as a lamb: he encouraged the blessed martyrs in times of yore, and is still in existence, though his patience has somewhat diminished.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 532, February 4, 1832 by Various

But towers that Leland saw in times of yore Are now, like Leland's works, almost no more— The antiquarian's pages, cobweb-bound, The antique mansion, levelled with the ground.

From The Bront? Family, Vol. 2 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.

It is something from which he was separated in times of yore, and for the recovery of which he has to overcome terrible forces.

From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Collison, Harry