Every Christian feels, moreover, that it is by virtue of the grand and final condescension that all the preliminary steps are possible.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
Every explorer for fifty years had done the same thing, all had delivered lectures and written articles about their work after a first preliminary report.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
But here he would begin to write straight away, sometimes with the first words of his text, sometimes with a preliminary paragraph, which may be called the Incipit, from the important word in it.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard