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

On the other hand, none can say beforetime what any man can endure unless he has been tested.

From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Bennet, Robert Ames

At present the Mystic Seven, who beforetime had offered a united 174 front to the world, were suffering from a series of internal quarrels.

From The Madcap of the School by Salmon, Balliol

"Would you have believed that I was bribed, my prince, had it not chanced that you had heard of the sword from me beforetime?"

From King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

Then a wonderful thing happened, for Miss Norton, beforetime the cold, self-contained, strict house mistress, dropped her mask of reserve, and, throwing a tender arm round Eric, began a tale of elves and fairies.

From A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Salmon, Balliol