"Prelusory" Quotes from Famous Books
... the majority of his audience, causing them to praise Allah, and inclining them to accept the truth of the whole story on religious grounds. Elias was preparing to support it with some cognate marvel, when Mitri announced that the procession was being formed. At the same moment, a few prelusory notes of the concertina were heard without. The house ... — The Valley of the Kings • Marmaduke Pickthall |