paratory

Pre232 paratory to leaving the kitchen, he delivered an ultimatum -- the ultimatum of a man who, though usually inarticulate, had a certain shrewdness.

Sleeping Murder Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1976

Baemoin of his life, v 118-156. his letters to his father, requesting pre - paratory books for the holy sacrameiic,

Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century; comprizing biographical memoirs of William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A. Bentley, Samuel, 1785-1868. [from old catalog] 1812

On this paflage it is an obvious remark, that, in their repre* fentatioos of the confequences of this event, the Englifli and the Roman hiftorian materially differ; the former representing the happinefs of the Roman people as much greater in the gol - den days * of the kings/than under the confuls; the latter de - scribing the period of the regal government as a courfe of pre - paratory difcipline, necefiary to train up the ftate for enjoying the full harveft of liberty.

The Monthly Review 1782

Confiding in thefe promifes, the, plaintiff had ex* pended upwards of ten pounds in cloaths and other articles, pre. paratory to ber marriage, whici} was agreed to be folemnized on the 4th of May laft.

Sporting Magazine 1796