antecedents

It cannot be denied, then, that men's motives are the results of antecedents.

How could I get at some tangible conclusion as to her character and antecedents?

All this is, perhaps, what you would expect of a race of islanders with our antecedents.

"We are informed, sir, of your antecedents," he staggered Blake by answering.

Not a syllable had reached that country of her antecedents or fame.

She described the antecedents and characteristics of Lorenz.

I've looked the girl's antecedents up since that day on the Hills.

But before dealing with the Bulgarian of to-day we must look into his antecedents.

He didn't know the man's antecedents, but he had read his character aright.

Froude and I were nobodies; with no characters to lose, and no antecedents to fetter us.