Hovv counterfeit a coin they are vvho friends / Bear in their Superſcription (of the moſt / I vvould be underſtood) in proſperous days / They ſvvarm, but in adverſe vvithdravv their head / Not to be found, though ſought.
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Superscription
//suːpəˈskɹɪpʃ(ə)n//
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Bulgarian
1 entries- надпис noun (Something written (or engraved) on the surface)
Russian
1 entries- надпись noun (Something written (or engraved) on the surface)
Telugu
1 entries- చిరునామా noun (Something written (or engraved) on the surface)
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"Dear me, Mr. Holmes. Dear me!" said this singular epistle. There was neither superscription nor signature. I laughed at the quaint message; but Holmes showed unwonted seriousness.
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Its superscription was my name, and the name of the sender, my mother.
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Schwartz glanced at the printed superscription on the envelope and grumbled as he put the envelope away in his overcoat pocket, to read at leisure.
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