gone-by
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Mayall said it so nearly resembled the Otego Creek in its wild state, shaded with the primeval forest, that it made him think of home in gone-by days.
From The Forest King Wild Hunter of the Adaca by Hervey Keyes
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
The passionate prayers of repentance of these involuntary apostates rose up to heaven as they had done in centuries gone-by from the underground synagogues of Seville, Toledo, and Saragossa.
From History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) by I. Friedlaender
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
I cannot live without songs; they... reveal everything more and more clearly, oh, how clearly, gone-by life and gone-by men....
From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
