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
It was blowing hard of a cold night, and the wind was peppered with sleet; a depressing proem to our unknown voyage.
From Hurricane Island by Watson, H. B. Marriott (Henry Brereton Marriott)
The poems were a grand proem to the novels.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry
And you spoke of Io 'in the proem.'
From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Browning, Robert
