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They knew me aforetimes through their mothers before them.

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Neuertheless, he not ignorant of the strength of it, and considering the qualities of the people that were within it, of whom he should be well receiued as his predecessours had bene aforetimes, doubted much, and knew not how to furnish his enterprise.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

I have crept into the glen aforetimes, though, and picked some small amount.

Night Arrant Gygax, Gary 1987

Vainly poor Hepsy Ann waited for the well-known signal in the offing, -- daily walking to the shore, where kind old Uncle Shubael, now long superannuated, and idly busying himself about the fish-house, strove to cheer her fainting soul by store of well-chosen proverbs, and yarns of how, aforetimes, schooners not larger and not so stout as the

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 Various

I am a Talmudist, a believer aforetimes, now become an unbeliever, no longer clinging to the dreams and the hopes which my ancestors bequeathed to me.

The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) Nahum Slouschz 1919

They knew me aforetimes through their mothers before them.

The Little Lady of the Big House, by Jack London 1916

God had once aforetimes appeared to Moses, and revealed Himself as compassionate and long-suffering, He now met with Elijah, (26) and conveyed to him, by various signs, that it had been better to defend Israel than accuse him.

The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913

Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah had aforetimes done at the court of Nebuchadnezzar.

The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913

In the seventh vision he heard a voice from a thorn-bush, like Moses aforetimes, and it admonished him to guard in his heart the secrets revealed to him.

The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913

"She is the first woman Oi ever heard of that paid her boord aforetimes."

Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910