times of yore
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Enough to say that of all the gods, called into being by the hopes and fears of men who dwelt in times of yore on the banks of the Nile, Osiris was the most beloved.
From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Newton, Joseph Fort
And yet I would not call them back, those blessed times of yore, For riper years are fraught with joys I dreamed not of before.
From A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) by Larcom, Lucy
Far different life to what tradition hoar Transmits of days more bless'd in times of yore.
From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 by Knight, William
His gaze turns naturally to the past, and if reform ever enters his mind, he dreams of a return to the good old times of yore.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various
Quoth she, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that in times of yore and in ages long gone before, a peacock abode with his wife on the seashore.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
