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

Nay, she had beforetime hinted that some individual of the name, of moderate wealth and good breeding, might in time be found for a suitable alliance.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

One or two friends whose professions had beforetime been profuse, Eleanor met.

From The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy by Holyoake, George Jacob

Now because of my absence there has risen envy and treachery in the hearts of those who beforetime I have heaped with honours and riches.

From Bright-Wits, Prince of Mogadore by Laughlin, Burren

She strayed out, as beforetime, into the woods; but their gloom was more intense, and the very birds seemed to grow sad with her melancholy musings.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John