superscription

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Lady Mary had no sooner glanced at the superscription than she sent her maid downstairs to bring the lackey immediately to her boudoir.

From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew

The superscription told him that it was from Millie Stretton.

From The Truants by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

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

He glanced at the superscription and gave it back.

From The Truants by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

The superscription of the fifth relief says, "Tribute imposed on Garparunda of the land of Patinai: silver, gold, lead, copper, objects made of copper, Amsi-horns, hard wood."

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max