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  • But the sacrament of his baptism being unhappily unpreceded by that of a marriage, he has bequeathed us one of those anomalous existences -- one of those incomplete destinies, which embitter our admiration with disappointment and regret.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Various

  • I found the tubercles never exhibited a discernible exudation; but always organised elements unpreceded by amorphous matter.

    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Various 1909

  • An Arctic night -- unpreceded by twilight -- fell, and there dawned the sabbath of the witches.

    The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Israel Zangwill 1895

  • An Arctic night -- unpreceded by twilight -- fell, and there dawned the sabbath of the witches.

    The Big Bow Mystery Israel Zangwill 1895

  • Also, I should have advised against entry into any room unpreceded by what in Stageland is termed "noise without."

    Paul Kelver, a Novel 1893

  • In keeping with that modesty of demeanor, which, despite the many and rare honors he had won in Europe, had ever characterized him, he came to our shores unpreceded by that blowing of trumpets (usually paid for) which generally heralds the approach of the foreign artist; and quietly, unostentatiously addressing himself to the _duties_ that belonged to his beloved art, little was heard of him by the general public for some time.

    Music and Some Highly Musical People James M. Trotter 1867

  • BEAMing is a sensitive digital technology that Inostics claims allows the detection and quantification of mutant DNA with an unpreceded sensitivity and selectivity.

    GEN News Highlights 2009

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