The first volume contains every sort of poetry except personal satire, which George, in his truly original prospectus, renounceth forever, whimsically foisting the intention in between the price of his book and the proposed number of subscribers.

Oh, George, George, with a head uniformly wrong and a heart uniformly right, that I had power and might equal to my wishes; then would I call the gentry of thy native island, and they should come in troops, flocking at the sound of thy prospectus-trumpet, and crowding who shall be first to stand in thy list of subscribers!

A company is formed; that company puts out a prospectus; the promoters expect to raise a certain fund as capital stock.

Before Childe Harold was finished, an incident occurred which suggested to Byron a poem of a very different kind to any he had yet attempted:without vouching for the exact truth of the anecdote, I have been told, that he one day received by the mail a copy of Whistlecraft's prospectus and specimen of an intended national work; and, moved by its playfulness, immediately after reading it, began Beppo, which he finished at a sitting.

forethought, forecast; predeliberation^, presurmise^; foregone conclusion &c (prejudgment) 481; prudence &c (caution) 864. foreknowledge; prognosis; precognition, prescience, prenotion^, presentiment; second sight; sagacity &c (intelligence) 498; antepast^, prelibation^, prophasis^. prospect &c (expectation) 507; foretaste; prospectus &c (plan) 626.

Compendium N. compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo [Lat.], analysis, pandect^, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note; excerpt; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus.

drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart (representation) 554. forecast, program, programme, prospectus; carte du pays [Fr.]; card; bill, protocol; order of the day, list of agenda; bill of fare &c (food) 298; base of operations; platform, plank, slate [U.S.], ticket [U.S.].

Mr. Sinnett, doorkeeper in the house of Blavatsky, who, as a precaution against the vision of Bluebeards that the word Oriental is apt to conjure up in Western minds, is always dressed in the latest mode, and, so to say, offers his cigar-case along with some horrid mysteryit was to his prospectus of the new gospel, his really delightful pages, that Narcissus first applied.

II BILLS OF BIRDS The prospectus, or advertisement, of a certain American typewriting machine commences by informing the public that "The typewriter is founded on an idea."

While being a religious newspaper the prospectus says it "contains also miscellaneous articles and summaries of news and information on every subject in which the community is interested.

I send you a copy of the Prospectus for the new series.

" A late PROSPECTUS Of the South Carolina Medical College, located in Charleston, contains the following passage: "Some advantages of a peculiar character are connected with this Institution, which it may be proper to point out.

What then are we to infer from an imposing prospectus which appears in the island papers, commencing thus: "Kingston, October 26, 1838 Jamaica Marine, Fire, and Life Assurance Company.

This one prospectus, coupled with its prompt success, is sufficient to prove the falsehood of all the stories so industriously retailed among us from the Standard and the Despatch.

I send you a copy of the Prospectus for the new series.

I have a prospectus before me as I write; here are some of its sub-heads: "The Strap-Hanger's Stranglehold," "Foot Frightfulness," "How to Enter a Bus Secretly," "The Umbrella Barrage," "ExplosivesWhen their Use is Justified," "What to do when the Conductor Falls off the Bus."

But such as have properly become English words, may form the plural regularly in es; as, chorus, choruses: so, apparatus, bolus, callus, circus, fetus, focus, fucus, fungus, hiatus, ignoramus, impetus, incubus, isthmus, nautilus, nucleus, prospectus, rebus, sinus, surplus.

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FUNK & WAGNALLS MODERN HOME AND OFFICE DICTIONARY PROSPECTUS.

Le Potomak, 1915-1914; précédé d'un prospectus, 1916.

Sample pages and prospectus of the New standard dictionary.

Prospectus of coming features in the Geographic.

Frederic William Wile (A); 24Aug67; R416216. WILEMAN, JOYCE M. The prospectus of the merchants' hostess service.

'Let us imitate the All,' said the original prospectus of that admirable Chicago quarterly called the 'Monist.'

But the year 1747 is distinguished as the epoch when Johnson's arduous and important work, his "Dictionary of the English Language," was announced to the world, by the publication of its "Plan or Prospectus.