times of yore

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But towers that Leland saw in times of yore Are now, like Leland's works, almost no more— The antiquarian's pages, cobweb-bound, The antique mansion, levelled with the ground.

From The Bront? Family, Vol. 2 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.

As in times of yore, Joseph Akiba was coming back in the moonlit night, to his shepherd's hut, so Meir pale and trembling approached the house of his fathers.

From An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story by Soissons, C. S. de

Enough to say that of all the gods, called into being by the hopes and fears of men who dwelt in times of yore on the banks of the Nile, Osiris was the most beloved.

From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Newton, Joseph Fort

I wander up the river's bank, my thought Still dwelling on those troublous times of yore, Until my mind by slow degrees is brought To present times and scenes.

From The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Skeats, Wilfred S.

On the whole, we should be very thankful indeed that we were born in this century, and not in the good old times of yore.

From Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy by Stockton, Frank Richard