superscription

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"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

I started, as one does at an unexpected presence, to find an envelope among them with his familiar superscription.

From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter

I cried; but he would not suffer me even to read the superscription.

From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Sheppard, Elizabeth

Did Christ think that the money belonged to Cæsar because his image and superscription were stamped upon it?

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green

"From the King!" exclaimed Sir John Grey--"from the King!--a letter to me!"--and he held the packet to the lamp, and gazed on the superscription attentively.

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