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Example sentences for "superscription"

Lexicographically close words:
supers; supersaturated; supersaturation; superscribed; superscript; superscriptions; supersede; superseded; supersedes; superseding
  1. It probably owes its place here to its peculiar superscription which conforms to the other superscription in xiii.

  2. The ease with which psalms were, without warrant, ascribed to David may be seen from the Greek superscription to Psalm xcvi.

  3. The sketch of a few bars to serve as an introduction to another duet has the superscription "Atto 2do, Scena 3, invece del Duetto di Susanna e Cherubino.

  4. The superscription is "Scena con Rondo"[23] the person indicated, Susanna.

  5. This is a dead loss, as, from the very nature of the superscription and imperfect direction, such letters have no more chance of reaching their places of destination than a sinner has of going to heaven.

  6. Prithee, Apemantus, read me the superscription of these letters; I know not which is which.

  7. Or doth this churlish superscription Pretend some alteration in good-will?

  8. There is in these days much base coin current, called "zeal," which bears not the image and superscription of Jesus.

  9. In 1734 the old orders about the maximum weight of two ounces and the requirement for the whole superscription to be in the member's own writing were repeated in a royal proclamation.

  10. Mrs. Powell looked from the face of the trainer to the superscription of the letter, and was scarcely less surprised than Mr. Conyers.

  11. The superscription was in the handwriting of Aurora Mellish.

  12. He saw the official-looking nature of the document, its great seal, and the superscription in his uncle's handwriting.

  13. The superscription was in the same handwriting as the letter Dr.

  14. There does not appear to be any name appended to the epistle, if one it is; and the superscription shows only two words, without any address.

  15. Without staying to attempt translating it, they return to the river's bank, taking the piece of paper along, for the superscription has touched a tender point, and given rise to strange suspicions.

  16. But the superscription can be read, "Por Barbato.

  17. Major Bruce at Reno says you seemed struck by the superscription on the envelope of the letter he received there that threw him into such a panic.

  18. Unless Stone was utterly in error, Loring had seen somewhere before the handwriting of the superscription of the envelope Burleigh had dropped in his nerveless collapse.

  19. The doctor was with his patient at the moment, and the superscription caught the latter's eye.

  20. Gregory himself reprehends the patriarch Eulogius for giving him in the superscription of his letter the title "universal Pope".

  21. The messenger had so hurriedly accosted him, and delivered his duty, that Pierre had not yet so much as gained one glance at the superscription of the note.

  22. My pencilled figures in consecutive order were visible in the corner of the superscription of every document I had used.

  23. There had been time enough for him to examine the superscription and postmark of my letter.

  24. The fifth epistle is that to Sardis, and in the superscription He who sends it describes Himself as One that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars.

  25. Pray tell your wife that a note of interrogation on the superscription of a letter is highly ungrammatical!

  26. Observe the superscription of this letter.

  27. My heart beat faster when I observed that the superscription on the envelope was in Sally's handwriting.

  28. I took the letter and read again the superscription on its envelope: To Master Barton Baynes-- (To be opened when he leaves home to go to school.

  29. Several Old Latin MSS write out the name Lucanus in the superscription and subscription to the Gospel, just as elsewhere Apollos is written in full Apollonius.

  30. James of course precludes authorship by the Lord's brother, though this does not necessarily prove the superscription later still.

  31. It is at least an open question whether the superscription (connected with that of Jude) be not a later conjecture prefixed by some compiler of the catholic epistles, but of the late date implied in our interpretation of ver.

  32. The question whether the writing as a whole is pseudonymous, or only the superscription a mistaken conjecture by the scribe of Jude 1 is of secondary importance.

  33. Modern criticism naturally made the superscription its starting-point, endeavouring first to explain the contents of the writing on this theory of authorship, but generally reaching the conclusion that the two do not agree.

  34. As regards the superscription the relation has been defined above.

  35. The lines should be straight, and every part of the Superscription should be legible.

  36. The Superscription is what is written on the outside of the envelope.

  37. The Superscription should begin near the middle of the envelope and near the left edge-- the envelope lying with its closed side toward you--and should occupy three or four lines.

  38. And meanwhile the heads of the five greatest jewel houses in New York were assiduous in their search for that copperplate superscription in their daily mail.

  39. It was neatly tied with thin scarlet twine, and innocent of markings except for the superscription in a precise, copperplate hand, and the smudge of the postmark across the ten-cent stamp in the upper right-hand corner.

  40. The superscription is not very right; besides, your Excellency having writ nothing about it, some difficulty hath been in the delivery of it; but yet at last resolved to receive it as it is.


  41. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "superscription" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.