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

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

The gorgeous proem, or introduction to the panorama, was then for the first time disclosed to the public.

From Round the Block by Bouton, John Bell

For us in England it was, so to speak, discovered by Professor Huxley, who many years ago gave a translation of it as a proem to a scientific periodical.

From Maxims and Reflections by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von