It must be remembered that the individual was not legally considered in former times: the family only was recognized; and the head of it legally existed only as representative.
There stood, in former times, a solitary tower upon a rock almost surrounded by the water, which had acquired the name of the Strength of Waverley, because in perilous times it had often been the refuge of the family.
But this is so far from being considered as an act which is criminal, that it is esteemed by them as one of the strongest ties of friendship between two families.
Real jealousy, as a matter of fact, is unknown to the lower races, and even the feeling of revenge that passes by that name is commonly so feeble as to be obliterated by compensations of a more or less trifling kind.
Samuel Baker says there are no broken hearts in Africa.
There are other occasions when women take the law into their hands, especially when men try to steal them, an every-day occurrence, at least in former times.
This is their saying in their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who were unbelievers in former times.
Do they expect any other than the punishment awarded against the unbelievers of former times?
The chaplain was a native of Spain, and as the pilgrims approached, he knew the foremost to be Don Munio Sancho de Hinojosa, with whom he had been well acquainted in former times.
This was the same castle in which, in former times, John Van Horn, Stadtholder of Gueldres, had imprisoned his father; a circumstance which has furnished Rembrandt with the subject of an admirable painting.
Filipinos under the priestly domination had forgotten altogether many trades in which they had engaged in former times.
Footnote 4: It would appear that it was not an uncommon custom in Scotland in former times to have family worship immediately after a death.
The descent here is very steep on both sides, but it seems to have been even steeper in former times than it is now.
In former times two or three villages would occasionally unite to form a loose union, the better to resist a powerful enemy, but with the coming of more peaceful times such beginnings of confederacies have vanished.
The first of these evil beings to be guarded against is Kadongáyan, [91] who in former times used to attend each funeral and amuse himself by sliting the mouth of the corpse, so that it extended from ear to ear.
It is doubtful if he is conscious of a conflict; and should it be brought to his attention, he would explain it by reference to the tales of former times, or to the activities of superior beings.
His reflections within doors, where so much occurred to remind him of former times, were not always the self-congratulations of successful stratagem.
It had, perhaps, been the abode in former times of some lesser proprietor, or a place of strength and concealment, in case of need, for one of greater importance.
An ancient plaster flue, which had served for a stove that had been used in the shanty in former times, ran along the wall and mounted almost to the very spot where they could see Thenardier.
In former times we had voices in the chapter, even on matters of the day.
This last-mentioned old volume interested him all the more, because his garden had been one of the spots haunted by goblins in former times.
Professors of colleges are those in whom one least expects oddity--grave and learned characters; and yet such have been in former times.
Of such men as this shepherd were formed the elders--a class of men who were marked by strong features of character, and who, in former times, bore a distinguished part in all church matters.
Is he truly not a man of Etchezar to-day, is he no longer the Ramuntcho of former times?
Besides, in former times he had been kicked, and beaten, and driven from the fire, and fought with by the bigger boys; and he had become unaccustomed to such treatment of late.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "former times" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
