gone-by
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Suddenly and swiftly come past you great whirls of gone-by thought, and wrecks of vain labor, eddying upon the stream that rushes to the grave.
From Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons by Donald Grant Mitchell
In those long gone-by days brave old Lord Saltoun, the hero of Hougomont, resided during the fishing season in the mansion-house of Auchinroath, on the high ground at the mouth of the Glen of Rothes.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Archibald Forbes
Mrs Gunning greeted it with pleasure, regarding Mr Harry as a gone-by and much below her hopes; but though Elizabeth's heart was not wounded, her pride was pierced to the quick.
From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by L. Adams (Lily Adams) Beck
Our classic literature, our princely dignities, our noble institutions, are all gone-by relics of the dark ages.
From Domestic Manners of the Americans by Fanny Trollope
The exception to this will be, where the heaving of the sea is the result of some gone-by storm, when the wind is hushed, and the surface becomes bright and glassy.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
