dedicatory
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Lincoln’s speech, simply described in the day’s official program as Dedicatory Remarks, lasted less than three minutes.
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2019
The "Epistle Dedicatory," signed "J.E.," mentioned by Mr. Wyatt as prefixed to the Dialogue on Hobbes' State of Nature, refers also to the five subsequent letters.
From Notes and Queries, Number 25, April 20, 1850 by Various
Here too Milton's evidence may be taken as conclusive, so far as respects the Dedicatory Epistle to Charles II.
From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by Masson, David
From a passage in his Dedicatory Epistle we gather that some of the tribe have ventured so far as to insinuate that poetry ought not to become a mere musical exercise.
From Studies in Literature and History by Miller, John O.
Dedicatory verses to Queen Elizabeth signed by the translator.
From Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge by Greg, W. W.
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