gone-by

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Many a New England youngster in days gone-by learned to come down a hill on a barrel stave in much the same way; he, too, with blood of the conqueror in his veins.

From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop

Something within her breast cried out for those shining, gone-by moments, something seemed to close down on her throat, something flooded her eyes with a softness that rolled up from her entire being.

From Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

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

It took it with a strange reversion to long gone-by conditions.

From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary