of a former period
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Correspondences ensued, in which the policy and events of a former period were discussed with earnestness and warmth.
From Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. by Quincy, Josiah
It is best to turn steadily to the average revolutions of a former period, and keep a good look-out for the broken water of a sister ship.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)
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
So analytical, so refined is our age, that singing sometimes becomes a sort of musical declamation, but, unfortunately, without that power to declaim possessed by the actors and often the opera-singers of a former period.
From Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) by Mills, Wesley
Natalie Poussette, who would return to her husband, and Clairville Manor again assume the lively air of a former period, with French retainers young and old overrunning the house and grounds.
From Ringfield A Novel by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)
