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For as the doctrine of syllogisms comprehendeth the rules of judgment upon that which is invented, so the doctrine of method containeth the rules of judgment upon that which is to be delivered; for judgment precedeth delivery, as it followeth invention.

The Advancement of Learning 2003

And when he mounteth horse there mount with him a thousand horsemen clad in gold brocade and silk, and as the King proceedeth a man precedeth him, crying, 'This is the King of great dignity, of high authority!'

Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981

The like discordance precedeth and followeth in their writers, as to the diligent reader, in conferring their chronicles with ours, manifestlie appeareth.

Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England Raphael Holinshed

Then he, that was in the habit of a bishop, said to him: I am Austin, that am sent to thee to the end that I may show the glory of brother Thomas Aquinas which is in heaven in glory like unto me, but he precedeth me in the order of virginity, and I him in dignity pontifical.

The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900

The mutations of mortal sense are the evening and the morning of human thought, -- the twilight and dawn of earthly vision, which precedeth the nightless radiance of divine Life.

Unity of Good Mary Baker Eddy 1865

And when he mounteth horse there mount with him a thousand horsemen clad in gold brocade and silk; and as the King proceedeth a man precedeth him, crying, 'This is the King of great dignity, of high authority!'

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

As we may learn from the order of word-making, wherein _love_ precedeth _lovable_.

Daniel Deronda George Eliot 1849

It followeth contrition, and precedeth conversion.

Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Joseph Carnaby, and Silas Gough, Clerk Walter Savage Landor 1819

Democracy precedeth all other institution of government.

The Elements of Law Natural and Politic 1650

So that the difference between a covenant and a law, standeth thus: in simple covenants the action to be done, or not done, is first limited and made known, and then followeth the promise to do or not do; but in a law, the obligation to do or not to do, precedeth, and the declaration what is to be done, or not done, followeth after.

The Elements of Law Natural and Politic 1650