Hence they, who lived even in early times, and favoured this great cause, may be said to have been necessary precursors in it.
"The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808), Vol. I"
Thomas Clarkson
Jameson's History of the Saviour, His Types and precursors.
"Roumania Past and Present"
James Samuelson
After a time the poor girl's anxiety increased, for well she knew that a whoop and a cry such as she had heard were the sure precursors of something worse.
"The Prairie Chief"
R.M. Ballantyne