gone-by

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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 Forbes, Archibald

Linked to Kossuth is the new talk about the new and strange action of that gone-by hero Louis Napoleon.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various

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 Salter, Thomas

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 Friedlaender, I.

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 Keyes, Hervey