proem
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After a moment or two, I said, “Well, some died in the war, and, if you read the proem carefully, you’ll recall that others died ‘through their own recklessness.’
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 17, 2017
With this bold proem, George R. Barnes, director of BBC's "Third Program,"*launched one of the boldest ventures in the history of broadcasting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ah me!" sounds the note of the proem to the second series, scornful and sad:— "Ah me!
From Robert Browning by C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford
The first is, that it is no part of the present design, as may be seen in the proem of this little book.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 by Various
Students of religious mystic thought can scarce do better than turn to such a tale by way of proem to more elaborate research.
From Dreams and Dream Stories by Anna Bonus Kingsford
