prelusive

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In the notice of so memorable a man, even the briefest prelusive flourish seems uncalled for; and so indeed it would be, if by such means it were meant simply to justify the undertaking.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various

Brad and Jont had begun to tune their fiddles, and the first prelusive snapping of strings at once awakened Heman's nerves to a pleasant tingling; he was excited at the nearness of the coming joy.

From Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life by Brown, Alice

The last words were murmured as if to himself rather than to us, and he accompanied them abstractedly with tentative, prelusive chords, which gradually grew into the most strangely moving music I have ever heard.

From A Day with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy by Sampson, George

And scarcely have they disappeared 35 Ere the prelusive hymn is heard:— With one consent the people rejoice, Filling the church with a lofty voice!

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William

Even the prelusive delicacies of the present writer—the curt "Astræan allusion"—would be thought pedantic, and out of date, in these days.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles