beforetime

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Is this the beforetime for Johns, a memory of a time before he decided to be an artist, before he turned inward and began to live almost entirely in his head?

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2021

"I tell you that the king straitly commandeth you to buy their cloths as beforetime you have been accustomed to do, upon pain of his high displeasure."

From The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) by Froude, James Anthony

Thou shall thyself behold some of the mysteries touching which I have warned thee beforetime.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

The flood-gates of his affections may have been opened, and he may have become receptive to influences which had upon him beforetime little or no effect.

From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Hardy, Edward John

You have cleverly fooled me beforetime, With a dainty scorn, and then an imploring forgiveness!

From Poems by Howells, William Dean