| 单词 | prefatory |
| 例句 | The compass allows you to navigate out of sight of land and, naturally, Edward Wright’s prefatory letter to On the Magnet mentions the circumnavigations of the Earth by English sailors. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I locked the porter in his cell, prefatory to keeplocking him, and tried to come to grips with the splitting headache that had crept up on me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That includes a prefatory speech delivered by Ms. Kerrigan, in which she confuses the singular and plural first-person pronouns, before breaking down into defeated silence. | 'The Really Big Once': ?Camino Real,? Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan 2010-04-19T21:52:00Z “I was dismayed to discover the play would contain elements of ... humor,” Vivian says in her prefatory address to the audience. Theater Review: Cynthia Nixon in ?Wit,? at Manhattan Theater Club 2012-01-27T03:01:00Z Didion herself seems to have added only two brief prefatory notes, which give the barest context and are inexplicably dated 10 years apart, in 2006 and 2016. Joan Didion gets out of town in 'South and West' — and finds only fragments 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Ferry provides some heartfelt prefatory remarks on meter and the aims of the translation, but there is no formal introduction about the poem’s historical setting or literary tradition, no glossary or list of names. David Ferry Won the National Book Award in His 80s. In His 90s, He Has Translated Virgil. 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z In prefatory notes for “Later Life,” Gurney thanks the great American novelist Henry James. Review: They Meet Again in ‘Later Life.’ Will Fireworks Follow? 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z In his prefatory note, Stableford calls “The Gorilloid” a masterpiece, though he fails to mention whether Pierre Boulle, author of the much later novel “Planet of the Apes ,” was influenced by it. Michael Dirda on the evolution of science fiction 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z As Ms. Carmon explains in a prefatory author’s note, she and Ms. Knizhnik are both “#millennials,” which some readers may take as an early typographical cue to close the book and slowly back away. Review: ‘Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’ 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Ripping drinkers was but a prefatory move, however, for Cheever became the nation’s most famous preacher by using debates about capital punishment as occasions for lambasting the nation’s rapid slide toward Hell. 5 things you may not know about death penalty 2013-04-03T13:05:00Z Overwhelmingly, subjects preferred the versions that featured prefatory spoiler paragraphs. Sorry to spoil your “Game of Thrones” revenge-spoiler fantasy, but it doesn’t work 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z After struggling through the five nearly inscrutable prefatory poems, I put the book down for a week before taking it up again. The Hidden Life of a Forgotten Sixteenth-Century Female Poet 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z In a prefatory note, Gottlieb emphasizes that “it’s one’s successes one tends to remember.” ‘Avid Reader’: Robert Gottlieb’s candid look inside the golden era of publishing 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Partnoy : The book’s prefatory Cast of Characters sets a big, complex stage. ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: The Fall of Galleon 2013-06-28T18:24:56Z One of the nurses made prefatory remarks about the “liminal” experience we were about to undergo and the idea of falling as its central dynamic. Theater Review: ‘Then She Fell’ at Greenpoint Hospital in Brooklyn 2012-11-30T23:50:54Z In 1967, Moore published her “Complete Poems” with the prefatory admonishment that “omissions are not accidents.” The Marianne Moore Revival 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z That Shepherd dislikes Mary Shelley is clear, but the cloak of does not absolve her of responsibility to the facts, especially not when she claims in prefatory matter that her thesis is supported by research. A Treacherous Likeness by Lynn Shepherd – review 2013-03-01T17:50:01Z Since cinemagoers are without programs, and thus without synopses, the prefatory plot summary was appropriate, though a telling of what is going to happen need not be so directive about how you should feel. Dance Review: ‘Giselle’ Stars Natalia Osipova in a Cinema Broadcast 2014-01-29T21:28:25Z Created by Back to Back, a 25-year-old Australian company devoted to work featuring disabled actors and staged by Bruce Gladwin, "Ganesh" offers no prefatory explanations or context. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Defying Expectations Off Broadway 2013-01-24T17:37:58Z In his prefatory comments Mr. Helm emphasizes the communal aspect of the evening. | 'Interviewing the Audience': If You Go to the Show, You May Just Land a Role 2011-02-11T03:30:22Z As Chin writes in a prefatory author’s note, her family’s history traveled down to her primarily via oral history. Review | Unlocking the mysteries of one family’s past 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z I dropped the prefatory clause, since everyone ignores anyway. The Second Amendment is a ludicrous historical antique: Time for it to go 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z The prefatory clause has been dismissed as but one application of the operative clause, which establishes an individual right of gun ownership for purposes of self-defense. Opinion | The GOP spin on gun rights is wrong — morally and legally 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Heller, the majority concluded that despite the prefatory language relating to a militia, the amendment created an individual right to keep and bear arms. Americans are protected by 51 constitutions, not just one 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The Amendment's prefatory clause announces a purpose, but does not limit or expand the scope of the second part, the operative clause. Amy Coney Barrett and the Second Amendment: Why her "expansive view" is utter BS 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z That her prefatory remark – she’d managed to suppress a wish for him to die – provoked countless complaints, confirmed that the public likes to see, at least from her sex, a performance of compassion. Did a near-death experience change Boris Johnson? | Catherine Bennett 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z It rather consists of three prefatory paragraphs and an order to comply with a separate order of the state public health officer. Column: Here's what's wrong with Gov. Newsom's stay-at-home order: It's a legal mess 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z From this predicament they conjured a mould-breaking musical, the first to combine dance and drama, while ditching the prefatory all-cast chorus that was customary, and grappling with naturalistic issues and characters. The great second act of Rodgers and Hammerstein 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z They were suggestive and prefatory, not seen as specific, enforceable rights. Review | How our changing view of the Bill of Rights has threatened our democracy 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Brooks also adds awkward prefatory remarks to his statements, such as, “That point will become clear as I unpack my argument.” Review | When racism matters, but just not as much as everything else 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z The First Folio contains a prefatory poem by Jonson, Shakespeare’s creative and commercial rival. Five myths about William Shakespeare 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z As Ben Jonson wrote in a wonderfully generous poem included in the prefatory matter, this is a book “not of an age, but for all time”. Ten books that changed the world 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z And what was the Strunk-to-White rhetorical give-and-go right there in the prefatory note describing their book? The Obtuse Triangle 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z But what is almost always omitted is the prefatory clause: “In this present crisis…” Reagan was not an enemy of government, and he did not think government was the enemy of the American people. You're Remembering Reagan Wrong 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z After two years of prefatory propaganda and three years of rule, it is revealing that analysts believe his authority is in question. Kim Jong-un's vulnerability on display as North Korean rumours abound 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z But answer banks could also be more complicated, by accepting multiple correct answers or by ignoring certain prefatory words. Will Computers Ever Replace Teachers? 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z A prefatory note to the reader says that the novel "bears a relation to the lives of several dead performers". From Scarlett Johansson to Tony Blair to the Queen: the noble tradition of writing real people into novels 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z In the later period such attachments took the form of prefixed argumenta, i. e. prefatory descriptions of author and contents, and affixed subscriptions, devoted to a similar purpose. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z Canon 1 is prefatory; it contains a brief confession of faith in the Trinity, and especially in the Word, the Son of God; and it speaks of the expulsion of heretics from the Church. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The descriptions are in German verse, and accompanied with some brief prefatory matter by Dr. H. F. Massmann, which is said to have been amplified in one of the German journals or reviews. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z With these prefatory remarks the story may be told somewhat as follows: Long ago there lived two brothers. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z C�sar carried his "Commentaries" between his teeth when he swam ashore from the sinking galley at Alexandria, but it never occurred to him to supply posterity with a prefatory flourish. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z The foregoing thoughts are prefatory to the much-mooted question of Mr. Lincoln's religious belief. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z Having posited this thesis in 1756, Sheridan was reiterating it still in the material prefatory to his pronouncing dictionary in 1780, and he never rested with publication alone. A Discourse Being Introductory to his Course of Lectures on Elocution and the English Language (1759) 2012-01-01T03:00:09.283Z He span out the prefatory "Who vows"—the last note prolonging itself, like the vibration of a tuning-fork, at a literal pitch of suspense. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z These prefatory sentences of Stuart and Matheny both begin with the same words—"the language." Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z A French panegyrical poem, presented to Queen Elizabeth, in 1586, by Georges de la Motthe, a French refugee; with a prefatory address in prose. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z From the prefatory verses to Treasure Island, we know that he admired Cooper; and he loved Sir Walter, without being in the least blind to his faults. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z BICKNELL, E. P. A Review of the Summer Birds of a part of the Catskill Mountains, with prefatory remarks on the faunal and floral features of the region. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Charles, who had run up to the nursery during dinner to say so, remarked with a prefatory "Lawks" that wonders would never cease. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z Without any prefatory remarks, he then read the following poem: Have I deserved your kindness? Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z Time out of mind, words prefatory have been considered indispensable to the successful publication of a book. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z The second book contains another prologue, followed by a prefatory letter; and a hand of the fourteenth or early fifteenth century has written in the Cottonian MS. The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson 2011-10-18T02:00:19.523Z I have particularly to thank the former for the prefatory note which he has written in response to my special request. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Unfortunately for my desires, I can only be prefatory in the case of my own. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z Others are getting booted and spurred and saddling mettlesome steeds prefatory for departure. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z Another gap brings us to the Second Nun, who tells the tale of St. Cecilia from the Golden Legend, with a prefatory invocation to the Virgin translated from Dante. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z In closing these few prefatory lines, I commend this treatise to the Lord's gracious care, praying Him to make it useful to the souls of His people. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z The natural and only reasonable course is to believe the express declaration of Papias, more especially as it is made, in this instance, as a prefatory statement of his belief. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z The best exhibit, however, of the Gaelic side of the question may be found in the prefatory Dissertation by Rev. Archibald Clerk, to the beautiful edition of Ossian published by Blackwood & Sons in 1870. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z He himself almost admits as much in the prefatory note to the second volume of the complete edition of his essays. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z The necessary prefatory statements will be found in the respective books under the titles "Foreword to the Student" and "Foreword to the Teacher". Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students 2011-08-05T02:00:47.727Z They do not need so uncertain a prefatory note. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z To this final confession of faith, worked out through Sorrow by the sustaining help of Love, the prefatory Poem is merely a pendant. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z But to properly appreciate it as illustrative of the fortitude and tact which the early Filipino leaders seem to have combined in a remarkable degree, some prefatory data are essential. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z It was still a debateable question, as appears by the prefatory dialogue between Trevisa and his patron, Lord Berkley, whether any translation of the Chronicle were at all necessary, Latin being the general language. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z So much, at least, appears from the prefatory note addressed to the author: p. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z Such a sentence as that—prefatory, but in the body of the text, and not in a formal preface—would have been impossible to Dickens. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z This statement is deemed proper in view of and as prefatory to what I am about to relate as occurring recently, and which can not fail to be estimated as a truly remarkable spirit manifestation. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z And as the details into which he goes are simply prefatory to an account of the remedy he applied to the situation, that remedy must now claim our attention. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z There was more than one Plato, but the great Plato is evidently referred to in the prefatory poem of Meleager as included among the poets of his anthology. Love, Worship and Death Some Renderings from the Greek Anthology 2011-04-21T02:00:45.290Z Such a delicate turn as occurs in the prefatory remarks to his edition of the Ph�drus will illustrate this. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z With but a fragment of a prefatory plan, his arms flung out flail-like and brought his two untimely callers into violent collision. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Walker cleared his throat and tried to remember the little prefatory weasel words he had painfully assembled during the flight from Omaha. Security Risk 2011-04-04T02:00:08.993Z His character has received more justice from the prefatory Memoir and Notes of De Brosses, his French translator, and from the researches of Wieland in Germany. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The masque, he thought, contained “not only poetry and thought in the body, but much research and good old reading in your prefatory matter.” Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z Lastly, a third fount, larger than either of the others, was produced and used for the text of a folio Greek Testament in 1550, the other two founts appearing in the prefatory matter and notes. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z Without expressly naming his wife in his prefatory remarks, he alludes to her very beautifully, and exults, with a modest triumph, in the value of his rich possession. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z In its prefatory remarks the Instruction insisted upon the Church's intense interest to attain to the full and perfect unity of the Church. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z It was culture—the prefatory work of culture and education, which at once prepared and put off the flowering of pure genius. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Contains prefatory note, "The author to the publishers," and nine poems, including Urania, now first collected. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:34.387Z In April he sends her "an inclosure for Power" to be forwarded immediately—and this was probably the prefatory letter. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z Hervey’s poem carried a prefatory letter headed “Mr. C—b—er to Mr. P.,” making out that Cibber had a hand in writing the poem itself. The Scribleriad and The Difference Between Verbal and Practical Virtue 2011-01-05T03:00:54.800Z The volume is a handsome folio not unlike Gilbert's own book, and bears at the end of the prefatory address ad Lectorem identically the same cul de lampe as is found on p. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Many of the texts are accompanied by a short prefatory or concluding verse in English or Latin. Erthe Upon Erthe That prefatory address was brief, for the infection of restiveness was spreading and loosely held interests were gravitating to mischief. The Tempering The prefatory material and list of subscribers have been omitted. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact And here, touching this matter of dress, I have a prefatory word to say to my reader. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency He had, however, consulted Svabo's version, for he says in the prefatory note to the ballad: It is entirely confused in Svabo's version in the Royal Library. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes I had hoped, indeed, that he would have honoured these slight studies by a prefatory note, and he had expressed a wish to do so. The Vagabond in Literature But there in the church, going through the formula of the rehearsal, that fallacious self-bolstering had collapsed, and the misgivings of these days stood revealed as prefatory only to a more permanent and chafing thraldom. The Tempering The prefatory note shows how permeated his mode of thought was at this time with Buddhistical theories.... Lafcadio Hearn This prefatory emphasis is not vain or extravagant. The Black Watch A Record in Action Then it occurred to me that the prefatory leaf of a volume is like yonder wicket. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation This I did in the way of Scott in a long prefatory chapter. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. To anticipate this impending constitutional amendment, it is incumbent upon every writer of a book to show that his work is needed by the world, and this I propose to do in these prefatory pages. The Story of Chautauqua A longer and inferior form was published in the 'Arcadia' of 1590: but Puttenham's prefatory words clearly assign his version to Sidney's own authorship. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes In Milton's own prefatory note to Paradise Lost, he called his blank verse "English heroic verse without rime." English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History In a prefatory letter to Mr. Joseph Conrad he presents a synthesis of the trilogy, and explains why this, of his several books, is the first which he wishes to associate with his proper name. Tourcoing In the prefatory notice to the quarto itself we are told that the letters are taken "from an impression sent from Dublin, and said to be printed by the Dean's direction." The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Since I penned the first prefatory lines to this trifling work, I regret to inform my readers non-resident in St Andrews, that my interesting old friend the Skipper is no more. A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews Before that breakfast at the club my life had been merely prefatory; a sum of dilute emotions. The Portal of Dreams Hesitatingly and unencouraged, half to his daughter, and half to some invisible schoolmaster, whose lesson he might have learned by rote, Mr. Menemon fluttered the letter and sought some prefatory word. Eden An Episode To Edmund Gosse The following refers to an edition of Gray, with notes and a short prefatory Life by Mr. Gosse; and to the publication of the Child’s Garden of Verses. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) The advertisement displays the same cautious phraseology as was employed in the prefatory notice to the quarto, and speaks of the Dublin volume as only printed, not published. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition In 1535, fifteen years after its first appearance in print, Luther issued his Tessaradecas in a new and final edition, adding a brief prefatory note. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) A new edition contained a prefatory discourse, probably the work of Warburton, entitled “Ricardus Aristarchus, or the Hero of the Poem,” in which Cibber is made to look ridiculous from his own Apology. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" In stress of intimacy, he often dropped the prefatory title. Old Crow Mr. Addison's charming Essay, in the Spectator, is so applicable and prefatory to a work of this nature, that we cannot resist inserting that inimitable production in his own words. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed It may be worth while to speak of these methods somewhat in detail, with the prefatory statement that a variety is not supposed to reproduce itself from seed, and as a rule it does not. The Gladiolus A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Gladiolus The books published in 1590 contain, as he states in his prefatory letter, the legends of Holiness, of Temperance, and of Chastity. Spenser The first sonnet should belong to the 'Epistles', of which it contains a list, the second and third are prefatory, addressed to the reader. Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge She hoped that her visitor would soon get through with these prefatory remarks and begin to take the stand, whatever it might be, which she had come there that morning to take. Mrs. Cliff's Yacht Dedicated by permission to the Lord Bishop of Ripon, with a prefatory Epistle to the Rev. Dr. Hook. Notes and Queries, Number 233, April 15, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc This prefatory inquiry will also coincide with our general purpose of analysing the influence of intellectual causes in the production of unbelief. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion He had his notions of good generalship no less than his shrewd sister-in-law, and he did not make the mistake of pitching his prefatory remarks on a note of hostility. The Monk of Hambleton He had merely to write a few prefatory sentences, in the editorial attitude, to his report, and then append the editorial, with certain changes, again. The Quality of Mercy The story which I shall try to tell in an abridged form is introduced by a short prefatory poem. Bunyan To conclude my prefatory reasons for not writing a long preface, there is one point on which I am anxious to appeal to the indulgence of my readers. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. The permission to do so was kindly granted, but the limited space allowed for prefatory remark forbids it. The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained These prefatory remarks, however, I thought proper to make, as they point out the kind of character amongst our countrymen most estimable in my eyes. Patrick Henry In this prefatory note I confine myself to the career of the younger sister. Les Parsis With these few prefatory words, I now return to Bunyan. Bunyan From the absence of a prefatory explanation when Long Odds was published in book form in 1869, it may be assumed that Clarke was satisfied with the quality of the contributed work. Australian Writers Translated and edited by K. Meldola, with a prefatory notice by Charles Darwin. Life of Charles Darwin I do not find any prefatory matter in this book at all. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II The Count's ability to drink three or four glasses of liquor with this prefatory repast astonished Alban not a little—which the young Russian observed and remarked upon. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar This fate of the musician and the cricket has the same fundamental idea as the prefatory stanzas, the power of love to soften what is gruff and brighten what is somber in life. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Without this prefatory sign-post, the reader could never have suspected such a purpose. Australian Writers Translated and edited by R. Meldola, with a prefatory notice, by Charles Darwin. Life of Charles Darwin The President, with some prefatory remarks, introduced Miss Rice, of Antioch College. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II What was originally involved in the conception of official functions, we learn from incidents prefatory to the expedition conducted by Ninigi for the subjugation of Japan. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The landlady first gave a kind of prefatory yell, which was only a prelude of war-whoop, introductory to that which was to follow. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. This book contains the portion of Sheldon's Studies in General History which relates to Greece and Rome, including a small amount of prefatory ancient history. The Writing of the Short Story Liddon, H. P.—The Recovery of St. Thomas: a sermon preached in St. Paul’s Cathedral, April 23, 1882, with a prefatory note on the late Mr. Darwin. Life of Charles Darwin Few withstood this subtle knave, for he was wont to waive all ceremonial and spare everybody prefatory speeches. Political Women, Vol. 1 As prefatory to our examination of both castle and church, we give here a brief notice of the owners of this barony, and the founder of both these erections. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Without a word of warning, without excuse, without prefatory remark of any nature whatsoever, I acted: I kissed her. Fibble, D.D. The Judge is such a novel. iii There is a prefatory sentence, as follows: “Every mother is a Judge who sentences the children for the sins of the father.” When Winter Comes to Main Street Mather says, in a prefatory note: "I now lay before you a very entertaining story," "of one who been prodigiously handled by the evil Angels." Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply I cleared my throat in a prefatory manner, and silence fell upon the group. Humorous Ghost Stories I say the work "we enter upon," because the first four lectures I gave in the spring were wholly prefatory; and the following three only defined for you methods of practice. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Aunt Emma hawked a delicate and ladylike hawk in her patrician throat, prefatory to a new attack. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life But I have now finished writing these recollections, and in view of all that they set forth, I believe that a few brief prefatory remarks may now be appropriate. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 An introduction that will keep the listener in suspense I deem derogatory to good taste and sense; And this is also why I'll nothing put as prefatory Before I launch right out into the story. The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems All disposed themselves to listen; and Doctor Feversham, after a prefatory pinch of snuff, began. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales A brief prefatory note informs us that the desks are arranged in three rows, and marked with a triple series of letters. The Care of Books The work is done without sense or sensitiveness and the prefatory essay is without salt or flavour of any sort. The Merry-Go-Round It was his intention, had he lived to see the completion of this translation, himself to introduce it to English readers in a prefatory note. Creative Evolution Mrs. Ritchie tells us in a brief prefatory note that although her father's wishes have prevented her from writing his complete biography she has at last determined to publish memories which chiefly concern his books. Studies in Literature and History I say, the work "we enter upon," because the first four lectures I gave in the spring were wholly prefatory; and the following three only defined for you methods of practice. Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 Then mounting the few steps leading to the throne, he bowed the knee, and, with a short prefatory compliment, presented the box to his Imperial Majesty. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century It occurs among some prefatory tributes in Chaucer Modernised, edited by E. H. Home. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti These prefatory remarks are merely intended as a hasty reply to the mass of objections which the very words "Jewish State" are certain to arouse. The Jewish State With this prefatory explanation, called for, perhaps, by the unequal importance of the points reviewed, we shall now rehearse the heads of this speech. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Its issue at once decided Dr. Ryerson to enter the lists in defence of Sir Charles, and the prefatory note to his rejoinder was written on the 27th May. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Early translations from the older French, Italian and other Continental writers have frequently come down to us without mention of translators' names on title-pages or in the prefatory matter. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I In 1838, there appeared in London an edition of his writings, with a prefatory sketch of his life, by the Rev. Alfred Suckling, LL.B. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy His detractors, on the other hand, have studied this prefatory period with such evident bias that dispassionate readers have been repelled from its consideration. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) To the pertinency of this question to the present treatise the author has been deeply sensible, and therefore cannot forbear a few prefatory words of explanation of his object and method. The Basis of Early Christian Theism Subject to these special points no further prefatory explanation seems needed, the general style of the contents being, mutatis mutandis, identical with the contents of the Volumes which have gone before. The Story of Eclipses I will not lose time in prefatory remarks, as I have little enough at any rate, but will enter abruptly on my subject. Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 A letter from James W. Clark, with separate copy of the prefatory matter to the Second Edition enclosed, given to him by Butler. The Samuel Butler Collection at Saint John's College Cambridge Printers and publishers, authors and contributors of prefatory commendations were all in the habit of masking themselves behind such symbols. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles In his prefatory remarks upon the goat, Buffon complains of the want of systematic and certified experiment as to what breeds and species will be fertile inter se, and with what results. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin The prefatory matter, Life, &c., will be fuller than in any American edition now published. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States But if the physician writes a book touching anything connected with the generative functions, and with the best intent and for the good of humanity, he is expected to make some prefatory apology. History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance One of them, who paid him a prefatory visit in his library, in five minutes augmented from six to seven hundred and fifty pounds the weight of a pony-horse, which he wished to sell. Buying a Horse Not only was this dedicated to Southampton in a prefatory sonnet, but in an epilogue, again in the form of a sonnet, Nash addressed his young patron as his ‘friend.’ A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles When that book was prepared for the press in 1816, it contained the following 'advertisement' or prefatory note:— This little work was finished in the year 1803, and intended for immediate publication. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record To Our Comrades and Friends To our comrades and friends we address these prefatory words. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Yet even when the translator took his task seriously, his prefatory remarks almost always betrayed that there was something defective in his theory or careless in his execution. Early Theories of Translation These prefatory remarks of Arisi are followed by several important statements, which I have arranged in accordance with the different periods it will be necessary to refer to in the course of this notice. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators These words figure in the prefatory epistle which two actor-friends of Shakespeare addressed to the two Earls in the posthumously issued First Folio of the dramatist’s works. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles All this prefatory matter is merely to carry out the pretence, as do the Note and Postscript at the end. The Short-story However, when we inspect the language which Dionysius uses concerning them, in his prefatory epistle, we shall find something which requires explanation. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity Ebbett had said that there is a prefatory period of excitation followed shortly by languor. The Tyranny of Weakness As a specimen of his Epistles, here is one, which serves as prefatory and dedicatory. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Before I plunge into all the strange adventures, and unlooked-for vicissitudes, of my naval life, I must be indulged with a few prefatory remarks. Rattlin the Reefer In a prefatory note to the second edition of Paradise Lost, Milton delivered an arrogant but ineffectual counterblast. The Principles of English Versification Nash retired, for the moment, from the controversy, and in the prefatory epistle to a remarkable work, the most bulky of all his books, "Christ's Tears over Jerusalem," he waved the white flag. The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse There was a prefatory blankness of sheer amazement followed by an upleaping of latent fires into the eyes; fires that held hints of revived hopes and suppressed yearnings. The Tyranny of Weakness These prefatory observations may serve as an apology for Anecdotes which are gathered from obscure corners, on which the dignity of the historian must not dwell. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 To all of which I answered, after making the usual prefatory speech, 'Yes, Agas, I have done all that was in my power to do. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan This was a melodramatic laugh of the most sarcastic description, prefatory to the letting off of a very ponderous joke. Glyn Severn's Schooldays So, handing him a cigar, as a prefatory to conversation, I asked him our whereabouts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Their prefatory talk ran along those lines of commonplace question and answer in which the wide gap between their last meeting and the present was bridged. The Tyranny of Weakness "Wherein," observers my prefatory author, "the romantic movement was in the full tide of prosperity." On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature For when France passed from theory to practice, the question was put to the world in a way not thinkable in connection with the prefatory experiment of a thin population on a colonial coast. A Short History of England But in these few prefatory words I should like to call attention to one or two points, and make some acknowledgments. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois A prefatory chapter sets forth the object of the work, and the claims of the art. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy You will see by the enclosed prefatory Notice what I have done in the matter, as little as I p. 272could in doing what was to be done. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II His prefatory discourse, respecting the number of martyrs, has been generally admired. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March The records in preceding pages are ‘illuminated’ by these prefatory remarks of our author, if their truth be not altogether established! Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 The 'Antiquities' and 'History' of Cambridge were both books of considerable size, the first having 268 pages, without counting prefatory matter and indexes. A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Making the necessary omissions in No. II, which I point out in the prefatory note to it, it will be found that all five agree tolerably well in the length of time they embrace. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 "No need to ask who that was," said Captain Hay, with a prefatory "Humph." Under Fire With these prefatory remarks, I will give the legend as recorded by Giraldus. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales I. He first garbles a sentence in the prefatory Note to "The Way out of Agnosticism," by quoting only one phrase from it. A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University Professor Royce's Libel The prefatory "Afterthought" mentioned may be found, only if stuck in some of the copies of the volume—doubtless by quick and clumsy after-pastings. The Square of Sevens An Authoritative Method of Cartomancy with a Prefatory Note It contains 26 leaves, without numeration, and on the 17th this chronicle is inserted without title or prefatory remarks. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 The contents of the Epic were described in some prefatory verses, and the number of couplets in each Book was stated. Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse And there is truth in the idea; he is indeed a very prefatory sort of person. George Bernard Shaw Chiefest among these was the "Ichnographia Rustica," which gave general directions for the management of country-estates, while it indulged in some prefatory magniloquence upon the dignity and antiquity of the art of gardening. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 In the prefatory address to the publisher which appeared in the first edition of "The Pioneers," he made the statement, that the success of "The Spy," should always remain a secret between themselves. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters There were no prefatory remarks to the first and second editions of the following work. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology After prefatory prayers and hymns, and pithy exhortations by several brothers of the Circassian breed, our dusky divine, the Rev. Mizraim Ham, commenced his sermon, founded on the duel between David and Goliath. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) This occasion and its honors are due to the memory of him whose name this institution bears; and his last will and testament is an illustration, or rather the cause, of these prefatory remarks. Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions Helen, blowing a ring of smoke and watching it softly hover, made no comment on these prefatory remarks. Franklin Kane The other was Horatio Bridge, who afterwards served with distinction in the Navy, and to whom the charming prefatory letter of the collection of tales published under the name of The Snow Image, is addressed. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) I only ask, that some prefatory advertisement in the book, as well as the subscription bills, may bear, that the publication is solely for the benefit of Bruce’s mother. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham The prefatory note was on the first sheet. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 See also prefatory remarks to the poem in question. The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany After easing himself into a chair, and going through some prefatory huffing and puffing, Goode came out with it. Murder in the Gunroom The text is the same as that of No. XXIII.; but with additional notes, prefatory matter, &c. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. V. (of V.) There are none of these idle prefatory lines which one may skip over before one comes to the subject. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham In my brother's prefatory note a question is raised of publishing any other writings which Orchard might have left behind. The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art The book is doubtless among the most beautiful from the press of JENSON, who is noticed in the prefatory advertisement of Manerbi. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Volume 1, pp. 1-573 contains prefatory remarks, description of the alphabet used, synopsis of the Abnaki language, including brief grammatic remarks, a table of abbreviations, and the Abnaki-English dictionary from A to H, inclusive. Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578)) In the prefatory notices, which give additional value to the cheap and elegant reprint of the works of Dickens, we are indulged with slight glimpses of his own recollections, personal and literary.' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427 Volume 17, New Series, March 6, 1852 With these prefatory remarks, I enter upon an account of my departure from Mourzuk for the oasis of Ghât. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government The remaining five books, the prefatory epistle and the supplement De ego, mei et sui are introduced by initials of the same size and style. Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University Indeed the first volume of their copy of the latter wants a leaf or two of prefatory matter. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three I therefore think it best to divert inquiries after the author towards a quarter where he will not be found; and with this view, propose to prefix the prefatory epistle now enclosed. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 The authorities formed it, after a prefatory and very minute inquiry, of their adherents only. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men With prefatory characters of the several pieces; the life of Milton, a glossary, etc. Life of John Milton Begin, wrote a prefatory note approvingPg 199 of the teaching of the book, and adding that Mother Marie Catherine's life could not fail to be an inspiration to young girls to live nobly. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 The prefatory memoir is short and largely made up of quotations, but it sounds as if Scott might have written it. Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature Leaving out much which might well appear in a prefatory notice, a word should yet be added respecting the illustrations of scenery. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays There is a good deal of taffeta in some of Tom's prefatory phrases, but his work is good as a whole. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals Mr. Aytoun has written a prefatory sonnet which will be found in its proper place, a set of rhymes on the flyleaf at the end, and various cheerful but unfeeling notes. The Death-Wake or Lunacy; a Necromaunt in Three Chimeras In the list of books which follows these prefatory remarks, I have indicated the most important of the sources used by me. Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction A recent writer on eighteenth century literature says: "By far the best criticism of the eighteenth century novelists will be found in the prefatory notices contributed by Scott to Ballantyne's Novelists' Library." Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature An expert woman shopper collected the facts and presented them daily under the caption, "Where to Find Real Bargains," and with the prefatory note, "No paid matter is accepted for this column." The Clarion In a little prefatory note he acknowledges his indebtedness to Arne Garborg, who critically examined the manuscript and gave valuable suggestions and advice. An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway A prefatory note signed by a friend of Mazzini's, states that the original was known to have reached the hands of the Pope. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe The professor and the aged chairman step on to the platform; and, amidst the profoundest gloom, the latter rises to pronounce the prefatory rigmarole. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology Edited, with prefatory memoirs, by Sir Walter Scott. Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature Pelisson warmly protested against prefatory composition; but when he published the works of Sarrasin, was wise enough to compose a very pleasing one. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions In the prefatory note to "The White Doe of Rylstone," Wordsworth himself pointed out the difference. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century But this attempt of Posner was only prefatory to the greater and more arduous task he set himself. The Haskalah Movement in Russia With the prefatory remarks of that article may be compared No. 151. of the Rambler, "The Climacterics of the Mind." Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851 Speed was his creed; therefore he characteristically attacked the subject in hand without any prefatory remarks. The Primrose Ring With this, an indirect, allusive way of telling the story, which Goethe mentions in his prefatory note to "Des Sängers Fluch," as a constant note of the "Volkslied." A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Having thought it right to make these prefatory observations, I proceed to the prosecution of my work. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 There is yet another prefatory remark which it seems desirable I should make. The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century Mr. Neill, usually very accurate and painstaking, has fallen into an error in his prefatory notes to the last edition of his valuable History of Minnesota. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems And now, therefore, note this well, the gist of all these long prefatory talks. Selections From the Works of John Ruskin It may be objected that Mr. Punch's fifth example does not strictly conform to the canons laid down by him in his prefatory remarks to No. I. Mr. Punch neither admits nor denies the charge. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 10, 1892 A prefatory introduction to a work like this can hope little better usage from the public than they had. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings After a brief prefatory note, he begins by describing the location of the islands and their discovery and settlement by Spaniards. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 12 of 55 1601-1604 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century But these prefatory lines would indeed be incomplete if they did not contain a well-deserved tribute to the industry and accuracy of the author. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months We owe much of our knowledge of Freytag's life to a charming autobiography which served as a prefatory volume to his collected works. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 We insisted upon this fact in our prefatory remarks, and we insist upon it now, over and over again. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 I confess to a respect for even the prefatory doggerel of good Tinker Bunyan--a respect for his paternal tenderness toward his book, not at all for his villainous rhyming. The End of the World A Love Story But before I approach it, I think well to make three prefatory remarks. Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. In this book the prefatory essay entitled "On the Origin of Romantic Fiction in Europe" is significant. The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature Without a prefatory word he began: "Years before your young heart was awakened to 'the sweetest joy, the wildest woe,' I loved." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 He sought an opportunity, and after some prefatory conversations Royer Collard led Danton to the point. Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 But let us not hope to change the Fates by our prefatory bowing and scraping. The End of the World A Love Story But, as I have to make a voyage round the world, I will not extend my prefatory remarks, but will come at once to the point. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 1493-1529 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century It is not in the purpose of these prefatory paragraphs to a too-brief group of Beethoven's letters to enter upon his biography. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Bacon's "Great Restoration" is no longer a guide to scientific method; but his prefatory statements as to his objects and hopes still offer a lofty inspiration. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations "The loneliness of the dying and unhappy man," Andreyev wrote in a prefatory note to this variant, "may just as fully be characterized by the presence of the Heirs." Savva and the Life of Man Two plays by Leonid Andreyev Snow yet lingers on these mountain-tops, after forty days of hottest sunshine, last night broken by a few clouds, prefatory to a thunder storm this morning. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II My dear Friend,—I have done your bidding and sent the translations to the 'Athenaeum,' attaching to them an infamous prefatory note which says all sorts of harm of Gregory's poetry. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) In deference to this opinion, though I am not quite clear of its soundness, I make my prefatory bow at this eleventh hour. Headlong Hall It would be out of place in these prefatory paragraphs, to attempt any skeleton picture of the momentous struggle. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I In his hortatory asides and didactic moralizings with their thees and thous and yeas, he is still the fine essayist, like Fielding in his eighteenth century prefatory exordiums. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities The following curious manuscript account of the affair is, after the prefatory matter, the copy of a letter dated 1652. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Each of these divisions is to be preceded by a prefatory discourse on "the objects and advantages" of the branch of knowledge which is treated of in the series or cabinet. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 471, January 15, 1831 NOTE.—For important facts which have greatly aided me in preparing this prefatory chapter I am much indebted, as I would here gratefully acknowledge, to Ezekiel White, Esq., of Easthampton, and Mrs. H.V. The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton It made many friends, and now a revised and enlarged version in comely form, adorned with pictures, and with a few prefatory words by Dr. Garnett, has made its appearance. In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays His judgment will be unprejudiced if he finds no word of promise on the prefatory page. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation Smiling with emotion Petrarch opens the collection of his immortal romanzas with a prefatory survey. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes "I could not have invented them had I tried; I should not have tried if I could," Mr. Riis tells us in a prefatory note. Sight to the Blind This prefatory matter is written in a style of considerable obscurity, which the author defends by the example of the ancients, and quotes Priscian as her authority. The Lay of Marie The letters of Abelard and Heloise; translated from the Latin by C. K. Scott Moncrieff, with a prefatory letter by George Moore. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1953 January - June The guests seated themselves, and delicately tasted the slices of goose and shell-fish, and the pickled berries, and prawns, and preserves, which always compose the prefatory course of a Chinese dinner of high degree. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 The prefatory anecdotes to Waverley are extremely interesting—and the little autobiographic sketches are so many leaves from the life of the ingenious author. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 375, June 13, 1829 I shall however return to this point in some prefatory remarks to the dramas. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author How many a prefatory argument issues virtually in this! The Grammar of English Grammars "A prefatory remark may make my business with you seem a little less singular, Mr. Kent," Meigs began, when Kent had passed his cigar-case and the attorney-general had apologized for a weak digestive tract. The Grafters On this, Mrs. Stowe's authority is naturally of the greatest weight; and I can only lament that this prefatory notice does not come accompanied with her further remarks and illustrations. The Garies and Their Friends With these prefatory remarks, we may advise bleeding under certain conditions. Diseases of the Horse's Foot His doctrines, which chiefly respect the intrinsic qualities necessary in poetry, are scattered, without system of pretence to it, over the numerous pages of prefatory and didactic essays, with which he enriched his publications. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author "The privilege of escaping from his prefatory dullness and prolixity." The Grammar of English Grammars Now what I want," said she, after a good deal of prefatory remark, "is for you to give me my will. The Girl at Cobhurst "There is a little ill-nature—and I take the liberty of adding, undeserved ill-nature—in their prefatory address; but in their versification they have done me admirably." English Men of Letters: Crabbe Besides being a master in the art of cookery, the author was a moral philosopher as well; and he addresses his reader in prefatory words which bespeak a profound knowledge of life. The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes Scanned and proofed by David Price, ccx074@coventry.ac.uk In a rare fit of editorial prerogative, I have added Henley's poem "Invictus" as a prefatory note. Plays of William E. Henley and R.L. Stevenson And with these few prefatory observations I commence. Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society Without wasting a moment in prefatory words of any sort, I entered on my narrative, and put him in full possession of the events which have already been related in these pages. The Woman in White However, I shall not detain the reader further by any prefatory remarks, but shall proceed to lay before him the following: Extract from the MS. The Purcell Papers — Volume 1 The Consul carried the day; but the Scot, not to be beaten, informed Tamehameha, in a long prefatory oration, of the object of the ceremony. Tracks of a Rolling Stone No sooner had she retired to rest that night than the wind began to rise, and, after a few prefatory blasts, to be accompanied by rain. The Woodlanders I therefore went forth not so much for the purpose of distributing the Scriptures as to make myself acquainted with the prefatory steps requisite to be taken in order to secure my grand object. Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society "Very just," murmured the poor lady, and after a moment's hesitation was on the point of adding something more; but Mr. Striker here interposed, after a prefatory clearance of the throat. Roderick Hudson The scenario, or outline, of the Countess's play began with no formal prefatory phrases. The Haunted Hotel This prefatory narrative I have already got by me in the form of an old family paper, which relates the necessary particulars on the authority of an eye-witness. The Moonstone I only ask, that some prefatory advertisement in the book, as well as the subscription bills, may bear, that the publication is solely for the benefit of Bruce's mother. The Letters of Robert Burns To this prefatory observation the captain made no other reply than a sound which the other interpreted into assent. The Spy Meanwhile the slight hush prefatory to an introduction has fallen upon the company. The Beautiful and Damned N—See likewise prefatory notice to the Rambler, vol. ii. p. viii. of the present edition. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 It was a good prefatory pretext to introduce my main design, and I asked his reason for chusing such an employment? The Adventures of Hugh Trevor He omits the prefatory remarks to "assume a virtue," but urges his mother to seek relief in Chicago. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 02, April 9, 1870 Then after the other texts disappeared and Mâo's had the field to itself, this means of testing the accuracy of its prefatory notices no longer existed. The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 In the prefatory prayer, Sharpe ranted about Liberty, as a blessing most fervently to be implored, and its continuance prayed for. Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 The ability and nice adaptation with which he could draw up a prefatory address, was one of his peculiar excellencies. Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 In his prefatory remarks, his elaborately conceived and executed speeches, his reflections on character, and his terse method of narration, Sallust closely follows the manner of his master. Latin Literature A portion of this, prefatory to "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," has been published in the "Mosses," with the heading of "Passages from a Relinquished Work." A Study of Hawthorne N.B.—The above prefatory notice was written in 1868, and is reproduced practically unaltered. Poems By Walt Whitman This exquisite fragment is printed in Coleridge's works in a prefatory note to the prose "Wanderings of Cain." Poems of Coleridge The new edition appeared with a prefatory note, "from the Publisher to the Reader," which although it bears no signature conveys, undoubtedly, Fielding's intention, if not his actual words. Henry Fielding: a Memoir Of another misapprehension, namely, that Mr. Wilson lacks human warmth, I shall let the book speak without much prefatory comment. Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him But the romance, even in this form, was again abandoned, as we learn from the prefatory note to Pierce in "Our Old Home," written in July, 1863. A Study of Hawthorne "Gentlemen, asking your attention and, as you will see later, soliciting your aid in a matter of the first importance," Shigalov began again, "I must make some prefatory remarks." The Possessed (The Devils) So the sketch of "The Custom-house", although prefatory to that most tragically powerful of romances, The Scarlet Letter, is an incessant play of the shyest and most airy humor. Literary and Social Essays Our prefatory friend set a pace that it is hopeless for modern champions to follow, and they might as well abandon the attempt. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century Mr. Mool's professional tact warned him to waste no time on prefatory phrases. Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time After that prefatory act of endearment, he made his inquiries. Blind Love But in this instance they gave only the prefatory note to a stranger story. The Call of the Cumberlands To these was prefixed a book treating the subject comprehensively, and of a prefatory nature. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius I add these prefatory lines to the work of my departed friend with pensive misgiving, knowing that he would have deprecated any discharge of musketry over his grave. Travels in Alaska In a prefatory letter Poe lays down the poetic principle to which he endeavored to conform his productions. Poets of the South But in his prefatory words he in a measure protests. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Spenser states in his prefatory letter that if he shall carry this first projected labor to a successful end he may continue it in still twelve other Books, similarly allegorizing twelve political virtues. A History of English Literature With these prefatory remarks I shall introduce a description of the method I have pursued, and a few examples of geometrical lessons. The Infant System For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age Of the latter, although it appears from one of his letters that he had completed it, no traces were found among his papers, except a prefatory discourse too unfinished to meet the public eye. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives Since the sheets have been passing through the press, I have become convinced that Dekker's share was more considerable than I was willing to allow in the prefatory Note. p. A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 A few prefatory remarks in explanation of some of its allusions will help my readers to enjoy it. England's Antiphon What the plan of the poem is Spenser explains in a prefatory letter to Sir Walter Ralegh. A History of English Literature At this point it will be well to insert a prefatory word or two as to the character of Mary Lamb; and here the witnesses are in accord. The Best Letters of Charles Lamb In some prefatory lines addressed to Reynolds, he has described the character of Dryden with much happiness. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives They come, not from the same MS. which contains the prefatory fragments, but from some of Shelley's notebooks. Adonais The Colonel gave a prefatory grunt of depreciation, but he was pulling his blankets out from under the stuff on the sled. The Magnetic North It was necessary to offer these prefatory remarks to throw a proper light on the point of view from which the following correspondence has to be read and judged. Philosophical Letters of Frederich Schiller We have referred in our prefatory memoir of Molière to some of the legendary anecdotes connected with this play. The Pretentious Young Ladies This was made especially humiliating by the prefatory remark that he had lived in Washington for five years and had read everything that was worth reading. A Fool and His Money In the poem itself, and in the prefatory matter adjoined to it, Shelley takes critics very severely to task: but criticism has its discerning and temperate, as well as its 'stupid and malignant' phases. Adonais Mr. Wordsworth, in his recent collection, has, I find, degraded this prefatory disquisition to the end of his second volume, to be read or not at the reader's choice. English literary criticism All the footnotes are mine and so are all those prefatory notes which are printed in italics and the explanatory remarks in square brackets which occur occasionally in the text. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler Mr. Wordsworth in his recent collection has, I find, degraded this prefatory disquisition to the end of his second volume, to be read or not at the reader's choice. Biographia Literaria With a glance at Mr. Carroll she began, clearly, firmly and without a prefatory apology for what was to follow. The Hollow of Her Hand As to this matter see the prefatory Memoirs of Shelley and of Keats, and especially, at p. Adonais Unfortunately we can only attain to a knowledge of the mission of the scene in the study with Goethe's poem in hand and commentaries and Boito's prefatory notes within reach. A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music It was his intention, had he lived to see the completion of the translation, to introduce it to the English reading public by a prefatory note of appreciation. Bergson and His Philosophy The following passage from Davenant's prefatory letter to Hobbes well expresses this truth. Biographia Literaria He says in his prefatory note that— ' As the principles are drawn from that theory of equations, by which Harriott has so far advanced the science of algebra.' Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar As extenuating circumstances with respect to indictment Number 1, see prefatory notice. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Mrs. Zapp began quietly, prefatory to working herself up into hysterics. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man The Pet did not require any pressing, but did as he was told; and, bestowing a collective nod on the company, drank their healths with the prefatory remark, "I looks to-~wards~ you gents!" Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green WE have a young relative, about whom we are going to relate a little anecdote connected with insect history, which requires, however, a few prefatory words. The Wedding Guest It appears to have been begun in senile peevishness, containing only a few prefatory remarks and discussing some algebraical questions with the fancied errors of the editors. Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar The "Method of Paleontology" mentioned above served as the prefatory essay to the whole catalogue, and was reprinted in 1869 by the Smithsonian Institute of Washington under the title of "Principles and Methods of Paleontology." Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 It has already been mentioned that the late Sir J. Risdon Bennett did not think it beneath his dignity to write a prefatory note to a Cookery Book. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken With these prefatory remarks it will be well to let the document speak for itself. From Ritual to Romance As the eleventh edition of this book goes to press, the opportunity is given for a brief prefatory description of a pilgrimage to Hubbard's death-place in the Labrador Wilderness from which I have just returned. The Lure of the Labrador Wild There is a little ill-nature—and I take the liberty of adding, undeserved ill-nature—in their prefatory address; but in their versification they have done me admirably. Rejected Addresses The terms and abbreviations used in the Environment-current issues entry are now explained in the Notes and Definitions section of the prefatory material. The 2000 CIA World Factbook There is a very excellent handbook by Phillis Browne, to which the late Sir J. Risdon Bennett, a former President of the Royal College of Physicians, London, contributed the prefatory note. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken With prefatory excuses, I informed her that I should not be able to dine at home as usual. The Guilty River The Editor's few prefatory words were at the top of the column, bearing the date of September 1828. Jezebel's Daughter He sparred for time by some informal prefatory remarks expressing regret at his illness and that he had been compelled to disappoint his audience a few days before, and then he stood helpless! The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after In these Jinglelike periods Borrow pays tribute to the man who praised his Romantic Ballads and contributed a prefatory poem. The Life of George Borrow Most of the prefatory matter was given with an air of earnest thought; the arms sometimes folded, and the chin resting on one hand. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 6: Artemus Ward's Panorama He speaks in Greek, and that the purest Attic; his prefatory remarks are polished, neat and agreeable, and occasionally stately and sparkling. Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1 He protested that his remarks were prefatory to a motion. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty Mr. Darwin introduces Mr. Morse's letter with some prefatory remarks. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 The extent of my prefatory remarks may lead some to think that I attach too much importance to my own Essay. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 I have taken up, laid down, and resumed, as often as I pleased, the same subject, and this loose proceeding I shall use through all this prefatory dedication. Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry Subsequently, by the clemency of the Emperor Nerva, he was removed to Sicily, where he now is a Professor of Rhetoric and takes his revenge upon Fortune in his prefatory remarks. Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1 She was wanting to correct the proofs of the book and rewrite the prefatory memoir. The Longest Journey In a prefatory note which Miss Sullivan wrote for St. Nicholas, she says that people frequently said to her, "Helen sees more with her fingers than we do with our eyes." The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy But the prefatory poem which Meleager wrote for it has fortunately been preserved, and gives us valuable information as to the contents of the Garland. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology The title is as long as an ordinary preface: the prefatory matter would furnish out an ordinary book; and the book contains as much reading as an ordinary library. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 First, however, we will notice, as prefatory, a curious occurrence in the Country of Zips, contiguous to the Hungarian Frontier. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 The first Two are of preliminary or prefatory nature,—perhaps still more skippable than those that will by and by follow. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 He instantly sets about making a few suppressions, changes of phrase; sends the thing to D'Argens: "Publish at once, with a little prefatory word." History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 Poland is gradually edging itself into the territories and the interior troubles of Preussen; prefatory to greater operations that lie ahead there. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 P.S.—You have done me much honour in your prefatory remarks. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 With a prefatory remark that it was all so ridiculous, really, Aline embarked on the narrative of the afternoon's events. Something New If readers will be diligent, here, so far as needful, are the prefatory steps. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 A few prefatory notes, an introductory essay, and two letters have been added. Old Friends, Epistolary Parody Homer, after a few prefatory words, at once brings in a man, or woman, or other personage; none of them wanting in characteristic qualities, but each with a character of his own. The Poetics of Aristotle After some little difficulty I obtained admission, and heard two or three speeches, which were prefatory to the introduction of Mr. Habakkuk. Erewhon With those prefatory words he told the miserable story of Mrs. Evelin's marriage. Little Novels With these prefatory words, he described the events that had followed Mrs. Mosey's appearance at the cottage. I Say No In a prefatory plea for M. De Banville’s poetry one may add that he “has loved our people,” and that no poet, no critic, has honoured Shakespeare with brighter words of praise. Essays in Little With those prefatory words, he told the story of Winterfield's first marriage; altering nothing; concealing nothing; doing the fullest justice to Winterfield's innocence of all evil motive, from first to last. The Black Robe "The To-morrow of Death"—if one were to put his trust in the translator's prefatory note—discusses a grave question upon "purely scientific methods." The Unseen World and Other Essays There is no need for me to add more to these few prefatory words than is here written. No Name With these brief prefatory remarks, I shall forthwith enter into the discussion of the genesis and meaning of the tics. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 As, however, he had not the opportunity of revising the old prefatory pages himself, they have been allowed to remain just as they stood in the last edition. Faraday as a Discoverer He patted his wife's shoulder again, and then, without any prefatory symptoms, broke into a boisterous laugh. 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