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pref.

American  

abbreviation

  1. preface.

  2. prefaced.

  3. prefatory.

  4. preference.

  5. preferred.

  6. prefix.

  7. prefixed.

pref. British  

abbreviation

  1. preface

  2. preference

  3. preferred

  4. prefix

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Commerce, cowardice and, 177. " frauds of, 151-2. " modern, 1857 pref. xi.

From A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market) by Ruskin, John

Disobedience destroys power of understanding, 1857 pref. x.

From A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market) by Ruskin, John

Pusey on German theology, pref. xxi.; on inspiration, 475.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey

Bibliotheca Sacra, 45, 250, 279, 436, 439, pref. xvii.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey

So in his pref. to Adam de Domerham de reb. gest.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

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