"Aforehand" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I think the worst! To be sure I do! For my apprehensions were ever aforehand with events; and bad must be the case, if it be worse than I ...
— Pamela (Vol. II.) • Samuel Richardson
... of his own—a handsome jug, that had been in the wars and lost its spout and handle—giving back the other jug to the man. "You serve me such a imperant trick again, as to bring my ale a quarter of a hour aforehand, that's ...
— The Channings • Mrs. Henry Wood
... day Holofernes commanded all his army, and all his people which were come to take his part, that they should remove their camp against Bethulia, to take aforehand the ascents of the hill country, and to make war ...
— Deuteronomical Books of the Bible - Apocrypha • Anonymous
... s'pose I shall," said Uncle William, placidly, "'thout I make my fortune aforehand. That hot water looks to me just about right." He eyed the tea-kettle critically. "You hand over them glasses and we'll mix a little suthin' hot, and then we'll wash the dishes ...
— Uncle William - The Man Who Was Shif'less • Jennette Lee
... strange and pleasant turns of fortune which they record, verily, I have also simpered when I beheld a second storey with attics, that has arisen on the basis of my small domicile at Gandercleugh, the walls having been aforehand pronounced by Deacon Barrow to be capable of enduring such an elevation. Nor has it been without delectation that I have endued a new coat (snuff-brown, and with metal buttons), having all nether garments corresponding thereto. We do therefore lie, ...
— The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott |
