antepast

Updated: May 7, 2025

Then came a sumptuous antepast; for we were all seated, but only Trimalchio, for whom, after a new fashion, the chief place was reserv'd.

Petronius Arbiter - The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter

But this present enjoyment is not the reality, but an antepast of that reality; because "we walk by faith and not by sight."

John Bovee Dods - Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation

In the dear amenities of home and its dulcet loves; in the elevating pleasures of society; in the instructing pursuits of science, duty, and daily life; in the cultivation of every personal virtue and every Gospel grace, we may enjoy in this life a sweet antepast of heaven. Only put forth the effort in the right way and the happy result will be ours.

G. S. (George Sumner) Weaver - Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women: On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And: Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty,: Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their: Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.

These would not have existed, had not the heart been cultivated in the family; and where religious principle is added as the guiding influence of the circle, the family becomes the nursery of all that is great and good in our nature, it becomes the very type and antepast of heaven.

Various - Mrs. Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters : Volume 3

It would appear from this that microscopic embryology has been with Dr. Thomson a favourite field of study and research from his youth upwards. The inaugural dissertation was, however, but a brief antepast of something more exhaustive to follow.

J. Stephen (James Stephen) Jeans - Western Worthies: A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West: of Scotland Celebrities

The reality is therefore yet to come, and by faith we receive only an antepast of its joys. From the above observation we infer that, the resurrection is the only gospel faith and hope of a future, happy conscious state of being.

John Bovee Dods - Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation

If so, then the reality, namely to pass from the sleep of death to an immortal existence, must be a change for the better. Because it is by believing that future reality we are said to have passed from death to life here. The conclusion is unavoidable that the reality must correspond with its antepast by faith. To understand this let us reverse it.

John Bovee Dods - Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation

Rosa interfered to prevent the breaking of the seals. "I am going to leave you to the undisturbed enjoyment of your feast," she said, in her most winsome manner. "But won't it taste the sweeter if your antepast is the delight of forgiveness? Say you are not angry with me mia cara!" "You are a ridiculous child!" Mabel bent to kiss the pleading lips, then the great, melting eyes.

Marion Harland - At Last

A conviction of this truth leads him to hate sin, to forsake its dark dominions, and enter those fields of felicity, where the brilliant beams of virtue shed a cloudless day. Here he walks and enjoys an antepast of heaven. Its paths are the paths of peace. All its ways are pleasantness and delight. Its crystal streams are pure and sweet; its breezes healthful and its fruits delicious.

John Bovee Dods - Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation