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Long-ago   /lɔŋ-əgˈoʊ/   Listen
Long-ago

adjective
1.
Belonging to time long gone.






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"Long-ago" Quotes from Famous Books



... it,—as matters stood he could say nothing,—he could only feel as though he were the sorrowful ghost of some long-ago dead author returned to earth to hear others claiming his works and passing them off as original compositions. And thus he was scarcely moved to any fresh surprise when Sah- luma, giving back the harp to his attendant, rose up, and standing erect in an attitude unequalled ...
— Ardath - The Story of a Dead Self • Marie Corelli

... not matter so much in summer-time, but New England in winter is different. Then the roof and door-yard are piled with snow, the northwest wind seeks out the tiniest crevice in one's armor. How did those long-ago people manage? Their walls were not sheeted, and they did not know the use of building-paper. Our old wide siding had been laid directly on the bare timbers, the studding; every crevice under the windows, every crack in the plaster, ...
— Dwellers in Arcady - The Story of an Abandoned Farm • Albert Bigelow Paine

... dramatist, we can picture to ourselves the greatness of Garrick or Siddons in this or that scene, in this or that character. It is not so easy to conjure up the impassioned orator from the pages of a dry and possibly illogical argument in favor of or against some long-ago-exploded measure of government. The laurels of an orator who is not a master of ...
— Ponkapog Papers • Thomas Bailey Aldrich



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