gone-by

Example Sentences

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The natives here visualise a drama enacted in the long gone-by, as related.

From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl

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

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 Trollope, Fanny

All those thrill-tingles that she once had when he touched her, belong to anodder time—the time gone-by when her sight was in her fingers and not in her eyes.

From Poor Miss Finch by Collins, Wilkie

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 Mitchell, Donald Grant