superscription

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So the man inevitably stopped between them, and, when he lifted up the salver, it was impossible but that the Parson should observe the superscription.

From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew

My servant, who has lived with me fourteen years, may, for aught I know, have been bribed to abstract these letters on their arrival; they would be easily recognized by the very superscription.

From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

A Chinese mandarin addressed a letter to him with this superscription, "To Boerhaave, Physician in Europe," and the missive was duly received....

From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland

"I have seen it myself, Richard," said Sir John Grey; "the superscription is clear and distinct--'To Sir Thomas Grey, Knight,'--and not one word is mentioned therein of anything like ransom."

From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

"Man and the earth,"—this has been the subject of our previous disquisitions, and might serve as the superscription to this first portion of the work.

From The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 by Schlegel, Friedrich