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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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Rose, H. J. on German theology, pref. xxi.

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

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

Schlegel, Weisheit der Indier, pref. pp. xii, xiii.

From The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany by Remy, Arthur F. J.

NM: pref., introductions, bibliography, editing, abridgement & arr. © 18May50; A44122.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Tholuck, 249; on evidences, 464: pref. xxiii.; on inspiration, 473; attack on Butler's Analogy, 157.

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

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