"Ahead of time" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... gone down, crying like the old fool I was, I heard a rap at the door. My first thought was to go out and send Isabella to it, for I supposed it was Mark Foster, come ahead of time, and small stomach I had for seeing him. I fall trembling, even yet, when I think, "What if I had sent Isabella to ...
— Further Chronicles of Avonlea • Lucy Maud Montgomery
... for Taggarak. He was not in sight. In truth, the Shawanoe was considerably ahead of time, and the chief was not a moment late when, after awhile, he strode into view from the other side ...
— Deerfoot in The Mountains • Edward S. Ellis
... went to the door, dropping an open letter carelessly on the desk-slide before the Bald Impostor. The new visitor was an Italian selling oranges, and as Mr. Gubb had fairly to push the Italian out of the door, the Bald Impostor had time to read the letter and, quite a little ahead of time, began ...
— Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective • Ellis Parker Butler
... right royally entertained by Cardinal Ferrari; and, truth to tell, a soft couch and silken quilts were welcome, after many nights of rough lodging, in the wayside inns of Normandy and Italy. Moreover, having galloped ahead of time, I felt free to take a ...
— The White Ladies of Worcester - A Romance of the Twelfth Century • Florence L. Barclay
... be under the impression that they had completed the circuit of the world ahead of time, and his first remark was to the effect that Mount Everest appeared to be rising faster than they ...
— The Second Deluge • Garrett P. Serviss
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