Thesaurus / proem
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After writing these words I read to G. the Proem and opening scene of my novel, and he expressed great delight in them.
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE, VOL. II (OF 3)GEORGE ELIOT
In the proem to this idyl I seem to see two shadowy figures passing up and down over a lonesome land.
SUMMER CRUISING IN THE SOUTH SEASCHARLES WARREN STODDARD
Machiavelli lays much stress upon this in the Proem to his Istorie Fiorentine.
THE STORY OF FLORENCEEDMUND G. GARDNER
The opening—the proem I believe he calls it—is very beautiful.
JANE AUSTEN, HER LIFE AND LETTERSWILLIAM AUSTEN-LEIGH AND RICHARD ARTHUR AUSTEN-LEIGH
Proem, printed in two of his books, is certainly the best thing he has done hitherto.
KENTUCKY IN AMERICAN LETTERS, V. 1 OF 2JOHN WILSON TOWNSEND
Lysias usually adheres to a simple four-fold division—proem, narrative, proof, epilogue.
If you choose to publish it, you may, stating why, and with such explanatory proem as you please.
LIFE OF LORD BYRON, VOL. IVTHOMAS MOORE
The gorgeous proem, or introduction to the panorama, was then for the first time disclosed to the public.
ROUND THE BLOCKJOHN BELL BOUTON
Pampinea was the eldest (Proem), and by inference Elisa the youngest.
GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO, A BIOGRAPHICAL STUDYEDWARD HUTTON
See his own acknowledgment in the Proem to the poems of 1842.
A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATUREPERCY H. BOYNTON
WORDS RELATED TO PROEM
- addition
- admittance
- awakening
- baptism
- basic principles
- basic text
- beginning
- commencement
- debut
- essentials
- establishment
- exordium
- first acquaintance
- first taste
- foreword
- hornbook
- inauguration
- inception
- induction
- influx
- ingress
- initiation
- insertion
- installation
- institution
- interpolation
- intro
- launch
- lead
- lead-in
- opening
- opening remarks
- overture
- pioneering
- preamble
- preface
- preliminaries
- prelude
- presentation
- primer
- proem
- prolegomenon
- prologue
- survey
- addition
- admittance
- awakening
- baptism
- basic principles
- basic text
- beginning
- commencement
- debut
- essentials
- establishment
- exordium
- first acquaintance
- first taste
- foreword
- inauguration
- inception
- induction
- influx
- ingress
- initiation
- insertion
- installation
- institution
- interpolation
- intro
- launch
- lead
- opening
- opening remarks
- overture
- pioneering
- preamble
- preface
- preliminaries
- prelude
- presentation
- primer
- proem
- prolegomenon
- prologue
- survey
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.