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Well, Mozart lived in the last days of the old world, and the old world and the thoughts and sentiments of the old world are certainly a little passés now.

From Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians by Runciman, John F.

"That's right, growl ahead, thou, tes beaux jours sont passés, but for me l'amour, l'amour—que c'est gai, que c'est frais!" he half sung, half shouted.

From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Dodd, Anna Bowman

C'était avec le cœur bien gros j'ai pris congé de vous, Sire, après les beaux et heureux jours que nous avons passés avec vous et que vous avez su nous rendre si agréables.

From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Benson, Arthur Christopher

Telle est notre croyance, et personne n'ignore Que le patron des bœufs c'est ici qu'on l'honore; Aux lieux où la charrette et le saint ont passés, Le froment pousse encor plus vert et plus pressé.”

From Brittany & Its Byways by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

The mother shed no tears; when from her bed she saw us carry it away she looked mournfully on, and as we went out she whispered, "Mes beaux jours sont passés."

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various