Clearly, the preface is ambivalent; the critique of enthusiasm with which the preface begins undermines its polemic, and vice versa. From Wordnik.com. [_Alastor_, Apostasy, and the Ecology of Criticism] Reference
The othering in Shelley's preface is not between the. From Wordnik.com. [Romantic Loves: A Response to _Historicizing Romantic Sexuality_] Reference
For example, the preface is missing any sort of place-setting. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » A Glimpse into the Editor’s Office: Editing Twilight] Reference
The Christmas preface is used at today's traditional Gregorian Mass. From Wordnik.com. [02/01/2003 - 03/01/2003] Reference
This preface is prescribed for use in conjunction with the Manual for Courts-Martial, U.S. From Wordnik.com. [EXECUTIVE ORDER 10026] Reference
Their preface is very courtly: Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, v. 21. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
It's been good to compare then and now and Charles Michael's 1905 preface is also interesting. From Wordnik.com. [Heroines Part Two] Reference
After reading so many in the series, this years preface is a bit too familiar, although he did throw in a couple of funny lines. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: The Year's Best Science Fiction #24 edited by Gardner Dozois] Reference
His "principal object," he claims in the preface, is to "perpetuate the successful efforts made by him" to improve British soldiers 'diet. From Wordnik.com. [Alexis Soyer and the Rise of the Celebrity Chef] Reference
The preface is very solemn: Verily, verily, I say unto you; an awful asseveration, which our Saviour often used, to command a reverent attention and a ready assent. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
This preface is undated but, based on the content, it must have been written after his resignation from the Party in March 1916 and during the last few months of his life. From Wordnik.com. [Jack London's Nonfiction Collection of Unpublished Book Forwards] Reference
His preface is a real cry of joy at his great discovery. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of the Reformation] Reference
Mr. George Sidney Fisher, devotes an elaborate preface, which is itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860] Reference
His preface was a wonderful essay, of which a HAYWARD would scarcely have been ashamed. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 16, 1892] Reference
What the section signals is that the chapter is so big that it requires its own preface, which is what this is. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog] Reference
At the time, I had entitled the preface to this publication: "Education, a Canadian Priority", and I had written. From Wordnik.com. [Education: A Canadian Priority and A Provincial Responsibility] Reference
There is a great difference in style between the preface, which is his own, and that of the narrative which follows. From Wordnik.com. [The Virgin-Birth of Our Lord A paper read (in substance) before the confraternity of the Holy Trinity at Cambridge] Reference
There's a hyperventilating, constantly wailing child in the pre-titles preface (who grows up to be the less annoying Ranjeet). From Wordnik.com. [Beth Loves Bollywood] Reference
As it is evident that the catching must, in every case precede the cooking -- but not too far -- the preface is the place to begin. From Wordnik.com. [How to Cook Fish] Reference
His next task was his ed. of Shakespeare (1725), a work for which he was not well qualified, though the preface is a fine piece of prose. From Wordnik.com. [A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature] Reference
The preface, which is dated “Anfang des Monats Mai, 1769,” is in the main identical with the first, but has some significant additions. From Wordnik.com. [Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
Nor does it seem to me the proper office of the preface, which is to show what the book contains, and that the contents appear to me valuable. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1] Reference
The Italians call the preface -- La salsa del libro -- the sauce of the book; and, if well-seasoned, it creates an appetite in the reader to devour the book itself. From Wordnik.com. [Pearls of Thought] Reference
These sermons (as well as the preface, which is admirable) breathe such a noble spirit of Christianity, as I think will efface every notion that his lordship was an enemy to the. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850] Reference
"preface" -- "Jokes are neither old nor young: they are simply mine or thine -- that is all.". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 11, 1891] Reference
The preface is absolutely unnecessary. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight's First Official Photo and Why I'm Passing « FirstShowing.net] Reference
An ante-room is a kind of preface which announces what is to follow, but promises nothing. From Wordnik.com. [A Second Home] Reference
The Wealth Book - Winning With Spirit http://www. annenaylor.com/preface is on my website. From Wordnik.com. [Anne Naylor: The Law of Empathy for Health and Well-Being] Reference
This is a kind of preface, which contains the first paper that was given to the Prior, dated June. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 49, October 5, 1850] Reference
I came across that site, but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to have the preface, which is what I needed. From Wordnik.com. [Thou art euen the man now, dog « Motivated Grammar] Reference
The last of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne's Letters is a kind of preface to Mr. Melmoth's Translation of the Dialogue before us. From Wordnik.com. [A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements] Reference
These last three verses are a kind of preface to the following chapter, which is written in the style of an epistle from the king. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 32: Daniel The Challoner Revision] Reference
The word preface is a misnomer. From Wordnik.com. [The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete] Reference
I write all of this as kind of preface to the argument. From Wordnik.com. [Vox Nova] Reference
It is this preface which is given as the first item of the present reprint. From Wordnik.com. [Essays on the Stage Preface to the Campaigners (1689) and Preface to the Translation of Bossuet's Maxims and Reflections on Plays (1699)] Reference
That is what Guy said, and I wrote it right down to copy into the book as a kind of preface or introduction. From Wordnik.com. [Miss McDonald] Reference
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