"Come before" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... more hopeful, He may come before the night: Every sunset I feel surer He must come ...
— Legends and Lyrics: First Series • Adelaide Anne Procter
... illustration of the successive phases of national life. They first come before us as fetich worshippers, having their age of credulity, their object of superstition being the black stone in the temple at Mecca. They pass through an age of inquiry, rendering possible the advent of ...
— History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) - Revised Edition • John William Draper
... the third day had come before Colin gained any idea as to the purpose of this trip. He saw that it would be no use asking questions, and waited until he should be told what he was to do. In the meantime, he was enjoying the sail immensely, ...
— The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries • Francis Rolt-Wheeler
... did you, you—liar?" screeched Carrier. "Am I not here now to consult with you? And should I not have come before had you suggested it? Instead, you have waited until, of my own accord, I should come to tell you that your administration ...
— The Historical Nights' Entertainment • Rafael Sabatini
... world does not think with us, I can tell you, things come before us in our profession. Oh, ho! ho!' and Mr. Larkin lifted up his pink eyes and long hands, and shook his long head, with a melancholy smile and a sigh ...
— Wylder's Hand • J. Sheridan Le Fanu
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