preludium

The shadowy daughter expresses this condition in the last line of the preludium as "eternal death," the sterility of representation in its inevitable recourse to historically prior moments.

Repetition, Representation and Revolution: Deleuze and Blake's _America_ 2008

Testament, were all of them of the second person; and he assumed a human shape as a preludium unto, and a signification of, his future personal assumption of our nature.

Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

But to clog a light song with a long preludium is to corrupt the nature of it.

Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age 1888

(Jeremy Taylor) ‘expanse’; ‘preludium’ (Beaumont, _Psyche_), ‘prelude’;

English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846

Infinity contracted into flesh and blood; and (as I may so speak) the preludium and first essay towards the incarnation of the divine nature.

Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I. 1634-1716 1823

Spirit open d die Icene; the 5**, is a preludium for the vifion. ofthc fcven feals which is contained in the 6.

The Accomplishment of the Scripture Prophecies: Proving that the Papacy is ... 1687

Just as Ebn Thaher spoke these words to the prince of Persia, they observed the favourite's trusty slave coming with orders for the ladies to begin singing and playing on the instruments, which they instantly obeyed, and all began playing together as a preludium; after which, one of them began singing alone, at the same time playing admirably well upon her lute, having been before advertised of the subject on which she was to sing.

The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 Anonymous