- A
preface (/ˈprɛfəs/) or
proem (/ˈproʊɛm/) is an
introduction to a book or
other literary work
written by the work's author. An
introductory essay written...
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Tolkien contributed "On
Translating Beowulf" as a
preface entitled "
Prefatory Remarks on
Prose Translation of 'Beowulf'" to C. L. Wrenn's 1940 revision...
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particularly regarding the
importance of what the
courts have
called the
prefatory clause. The final,
handwritten original of the Bill of
Rights as p****ed...
- York:
Catholic Book
Publishing Company. p. 236., The Book of Judges,
prefatory notes: "…The
twelve judges of the
present book, however, very probably...
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unusual and
possibly a self-portrait. In
addition to this,
there is a
prefatory cycle of four folios, so
eight pages,
fully decorated with a
series of...
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concerning Reading and
Study for a Gentleman. By the same author. With
prefatory remarks by P. Des Maizeaux. R. Taylor. p. 8.
Archived from the original...
- Tragödie, Oder:
Griechentum und Pessimismus). The
later edition contained a
prefatory essay, "An
Attempt at Self-Criticism",
wherein Nietzsche commented on...
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humanist scholars (in Latin),
several epistolary tracts,
verse epistles,
prefatory letters (some fictional) to
several of More's own works,
letters to More's...
- Chronicle,
Under the
Signature of Old-South. To
which is Prefixed, a
Prefatory Address to the
Citizens of the
United States,
Never Before Published....
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containing the four
Gospels of the New
Testament together with
various prefatory texts and tables. It was
created in a
Columban monastery in
either Ireland...
