ante-bellum
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This is partly because Shaw's ante-bellum England is not in itself a theme, but only a framework for one.
From Time Magazine Archive
Life at Glen Lily, the general's 1,000-acre estate near Munfordville, Ky., went on in much the same spacious ante-bellum way.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their fire-eating ante-bellum debates helped start the hostilities.
From Time Magazine Archive
A rundown ante-bellum mansion serves as the administration building.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the flavor, the spectacular effects, linger only in the memory of the rapidly lessening number who mingled deeply in ante-bellum politics.
From Sons and Fathers by Harry Stillwell Edwards
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