I will therefore begin by quoting a passage from that valuable work The Rites of Durham, a description of the House drawn up after the Reformation by some one who had known it well in other days, Premising only that it represents the final arrangements adopted by the Order, and takes no account of the steps that led to them.
"The Care of Books"
John Willis Clark
Knowing how much you are interested in the navy of England, I will relate a little of what I saw, Premising, how ever, that although strict veracity is not required of me, I am, as you know, a man of principle, and therefore impose it on myself, so that whatever I say in this letter in regard to this splendid man-of-war may be relied on as absolutely true.
"In the Track of the Troops"
R.M. Ballantyne
"Gone all the way to South America," she added, after Premising that she would never return.
"Hoosier Mosaics"
Maurice Thompson