explanatory matter
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But at the time of which we are treating these collections had not been reduced to writing: they were of considerable extent compared with the Bible or Koran and they admitted later explanatory matter.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
Such is the design of the following programs and explanatory matter.
From The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)
Comprising a manual of the "Art of Correspondence," with correct forms for letters of a commercial, social and ceremonial nature, and with copious explanatory matter.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Brackets are used to insert explanatory matter in a quotation which one gives from another writer.
From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland
The increased length is due chiefly to the liberal incorporation of concrete illustrative and explanatory matter.
From Community Civics and Rural Life by Dunn, Arthur William
