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
I sent you the proem, which you published as a preface to the "Froissart Ballads."
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 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
Filippo Villani, in the proem to his biographies, apologized for his father Matteo, who exerted humble faculties and scanty culture to his best ability.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
