of a former period

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Houses of strictly modern type neighbored those of a former period, and it was not uncommon to see mansion and hovel confronting each other from the opposite side of the street.

From The Mayor's Wife by Green, Anna Katharine

So generally did they ingratiate themselves into the favor of the public that they passed among the people as seers and prophets of a former period.

From The History of the Negro Church by Woodson, Carter Godwin

The types and symbols of a former period were blessed to the souls of men, as well as the fuller revelations of succeeding times.

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John

What a wide contrast between such education and that of a former period!

From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob

That is the wonderful part of it all, granite is the basis, granite distinctly showing the progress of glaciers of a former period.

From Through Finland in Carts by Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)