Long before Mr. Pickwick was weary of dancing, the newly-married couple had retired from the scene.
I dare say I should turn very blue, long before I got to the end of them,' responded Bob.
You have, I hope, long before this, my dear lord, received the immense letter that I sent you by old Monin.
Tell Lady Ailesbury, I fear it will be long before I shall be able to compass all your terraces again.
Le Tellier, long before he was made Chancellor, well knew the mood of the King.
Of course, through other channels, he had not failed to hear of it long before.
He perceived at last that he was not cured, and that it would be long before he was; so went to Anet to try and recover his health, but without success better than before.
Although, as things fell out, I could not follow it at Rome, I had followed it long before, and continued to do so all my life.
Long before this, Rex and Greif had done all that there was to be done in regard to the succession, and had sorted and arranged such papers as had to be examined.
To-day also, the master had started betimes and it would be long before he heard the horses' bells below him in the valley.
It seems to me that she always loved you, long before--long ago, I mean.
He was heard with little favour by the country gentlemen who had not long before looked up to him as one of their leaders.
He naturally takes fright; he escapes to his own country; and, from what I know of him, I will venture to predict that it will be long before he trusts himself again within reach of the Speaker's warrant.
Now then, he that suffereth for righteousness' sake has singled out sin to pursue it to death, long before he comes to the cross.
As for my calling for scripture to prove it lawful thus to exclude them; blame me for it no more; verily I still must do it; and had you but one to give, I had had it long before this.
Still the fixed stare of the man showed that his suspicions were strongly aroused, and Ned felt sure that it would not be long before he completely recognized him.
Were they left here they would be in anxiety about their father's state, and as it may be long before he can be moved I should not like to leave them in other charge than my own.
It is known how the place took Longfellow's fancy when he first came to be professor in Harvard, and how he was a lodger of the last Mistress Craigie there, long before he became its owner.
Long before that I had asked him if he went regularly to church, and he groaned out: "Oh yes, I go.
Twon't belong before I'll be eating chickens and pumpkin-pie in Opinquake, instead of cooking beans and rusty pork for a lot of hungry wolves.
There's no use of scaring the crows so long before corn-planting.
Jack took the jar and put it into the large pocket of his jacket, spilling it all, long before he got home.
But at last the giant was through, and it wasn't long before he was like to catch them up.
It will not be long before I take you fast by the beard.
Long before that I realized my helplessness, I knew that whatever I might have done was past doing.
Long before eleven o'clock the paths to the state-house were thronged with people.
I got sick worryin', and when I was strong enough to be around they'd filled my job at the grocery, and it wasn't long before we had to move out of our little home in Alder Street.
Long before he had settled into such dreary living, the son with whom he had quarrelled had made a life of his own.
He would have liked to get up, but Mary would be worried if she knew he was awake so long before breakfast.
M 01 ENOOB oT A short ride of nine miles, on an ascending road, through an open, unfenced forest region, brought uslong before sundown to this capital.
But a trap had been set for him, and he judged it wouldn't be long before we had some bear meat.
Long before we reached the ford we thought we would like to swap the guide, even at the risk of drowning.
Nor was it long before I caught slight resemblances both to my mother and to my brother Berenger, which made me feel as home with him.
Then Cecile and I, long before it was reasonable, took our station near a window overlooking the porte-cochere.
Long before sunset he had reached the slope of the mountain and had begun the ascent.
Long before Silvermane's easy trot had covered half the distance Hare recognized the cloud that had made him curious.
She'll be fit in a few days, long before we need her to help run down Silvermane.
The sheep had noticed it long before, and now under its nearer, stronger influence began to bleat wildly, to run faster, to crowd without aim.
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