| 单词 | augury |
| 例句 | And so the conclusion and augury which I draw, even though no philosopher, is this. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I know Octavian, he’s searching for us with his auguries. The Romans will send a strike force after us. It’s a matter of honor.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A short while later, Chess Life, in describing the incident, chose to find in it an augury of things to come. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z So the idea arose that comets were harbingers of disaster, auguries of divine wrath—that they foretold the deaths of princes, the fall of kingdoms. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “He... Oh. The augury? Yeah, teddy bears must have nightmares about that guy. But you’re in! We need to get you cleaned up before evening muster.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “A good augury for the success of the new Port,” I said. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Octavian reads auguries there—the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Three of them for three of us. That’s an augury, I bet.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Just read the augury for Percy. Can he join the legion or not?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Hazel,” said Reyna, “bring him inside. I want to question him at the principia. Then we’ll send him to Octavian. We must consult the auguries before we decide what to do with him.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Vitellius,” Hazel interrupted, “we’ve got to get Percy’s augury before he can join. Why don’t you check on Frank? He’s in the armory doing inventory. You know how much he values your help.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “The auguries are favorable. He is qualified to serve!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Good luck with the augury, Percy Jackson,” she said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Yet landbirds flying from starboard crossed his bow— a lucky augury. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Most radar transmissions are for military purposes; they scan the skies in constant fear of a massive launch of missiles with nuclear warheads, an augury fifteen minutes early of the end of human civilization. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “And ‘augury’ doesn’t begin O — R — G either. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Really, Octavian? Maybe harpies are different here, on the Roman side. Ours have just enough intelligence to clean cabins and cook lunches. Do yours usually foretell the future? Do you consult them for your auguries?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In fact, it's not too fanciful to say that the auguries for new opera in this country are very good indeed. With George Benjamin's Written on Skin, British opera takes a bold step into the future 2013-03-11T15:52:00Z So I defied augury, and like Hamlet and many an unfortunate from Greek tragedy of yore, I paid a heavy price. | 'Prophecy': The Legacy of Wars in Karen Malpede?s Play 2010-06-10T23:30:00Z Nor do the usual auguries point to a clear winner. Oscars 2014: Why Lupita Nyong’o Will Win Best Supporting Actress 2014-02-26T16:39:51Z The shamans might say it's an augury that doesn't bode well. Picture of the week: Blood Sacrifice In Sumba, by James Morgan 2013-06-28T15:30:00Z Moments manifest as auguries, as kismet, as a sense that God has glanced at us or, conversely, that we have been silently brushed by demons. ‘The Premonitions Bureau’ Recounts Crowdsourcing the Supernatural 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z “We have a city founded by the auspices and augury,” the Roman historian Livy wrote. Rome, Sacred Ground for Nearly 3,000 Years, and Counting 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Best augury for his period of tenure, however, was his handling of Sibelius's Fifth Symphony, where the orchestra played their hearts out for him and the silences between the final, massive chords bristled with electricity. BBCNOW/Søndergård – review 2012-10-14T14:56:03Z But the auguries of the imminent government spending review all suggest that the cuts will fall disproportionately upon those already most economically disadvantaged. Letters: Tory plans for a culture of cuts 2010-10-01T18:13:00Z This animalistic fear, which only a novelist knows, that sets in when sensing some other’s pen edging toward a glorious prey, is a sickness but also an augury. The Unsaid: The Silence of Virginia Woolf 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z It is a gentle, happy augury, though the irony of their being brought together by global tides of fear and hate threatens to engulf moments of tenderness like these. Film review: London River 2010-07-08T21:40:00Z The action is imbued with augury: the movie opens with a richly colorful sequence, of a tabletop filled with tarot cards that a fortune-teller is reading for Cleo, leaving her in despair. What to Stream This Weekend: Agnès Varda’s Chronicle of a Parisian Pop Star’s Dread-Filled Afternoon in “Cleo from 5 to 7” 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z It’s a nice augury for a new company seeking to occupy new, exurban ground. Opera as midlife crisis: A new company takes a fresh look at a classic. 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z When he waves his cell — that onanistic toy, emblem of pathological narcissism and augury of social dissolution — he’s waving it not only at his dinner companions but also at us. Movie Review: ‘The Canyons’ Is an Erotic Thriller With Lindsay Lohan 2013-08-01T17:11:39Z He’s only waiting for the next call, and sure enough, he’s summoned to Greenwich for impromptu augury. 'Wolf Hall' Recap: Cromwell Shows Us His Two Sides 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z It was all a happy augury for the expected coronation in a fortnight's time: for Firth, Bonham Carter – and for many others besides. Baftas 2011: Peter Bradshaw on the winners and losers 2011-02-14T14:57:24Z “That about sixty-three million people voted to elect this TV character President fulfilled the auguries of an Old Testament lineage of media prophets,” Poniewozik writes in his introduction. A New Book Argues That Trump Is Television in Human Form 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z “My life and myself were born under the sea,” she wrote, under the augury of “the star of Aphrodite.” Patt Morrison: How California got its good name — a 1500s novel and scores of fascinating people 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Remarkably, Kushner’s augury of a world coming apart holds true three decades later, including his prognostications about the dangers of climate change and the radical partisanship of the judiciary. Review | ‘Angels in America’ is back in freshly provocative, exhilarating form 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z The original Hammer, in a weird augury of the recently unveiled Orange County Museum of Art’s new facility, opened to the public before the building was finished. Review: The Hammer Museum unveils its impressive contemporary collection. But where will they put it? 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z The film comes to us under equally fine auguries — and auspices. How to watch every best picture winner from 1960 through 1969 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Williams sometimes wondered in interviews if that humiliating experience might have been a backhanded augury of her future. Vivian Williams, Northwest Folklife Festival co-founder, dies at 84 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z I wanted to know whether Mogelson, who has witnessed real war, sees auguries of it here. American lies, fear and violence through a war correspondent’s eyes 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z There were no warning signs, no rumbles of thunder, no auguries, no harbingers. With Late Rally, Real Madrid Overcomes City and Outdoes Itself 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z The Substack fight in particular might prove an augury of where free expression is headed. Opinion | The Substack controversy’s bigger story 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z Boris Johnson may have recently held out the prospect of a post-crisis Britain that would be “more generous and sharing”, but these auguries are hardly promising. 'Normal' life failed us. The coronavirus crisis gives us the chance to rethink a new economy | John Harris 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z “I prefer to think about the shutdown as more akin to a spring cleaning than an augury of doom,” says Mike Wallace, author of “Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898.” In New York’s subway shutdown, an unthinkable departure 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z The words avian and augury have the same Latin root. Why Willem Dafoe, Iggy Pop and more are reading The Rime of the Ancient Mariner to us 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Epigenetic clocks – a form of molecular augury – were first developed in 2011 and claim to offer a glimpse into the future. The 100-year life: how to prolong a healthy mind 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z They started well but that would prove a false augury in a half in which United were dismal until the last 10 minutes. Anthony Martial puts Manchester United in driving seat against Brugge 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z This column is not in the business of forecasting recessions, based on inverted yield curves or any other form of augury. Opinion | What Happens in a Recession? 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z And in its worldwide pursuit of a finite resource, the whaling industry is an augury of our globalised state. Subversive, queer and terrifyingly relevant: six reasons why Moby-Dick is the novel for our times 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z I just tell you what the auguries indicate. Impeachment maven Steyer readying 2020 run after all 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Evoked by Bazawule by way of exquisite images and moments of startling magical realism, Esi’s world is one of enchantment, full of auguries, symbols and stark metaphors. Review | ‘The Burial of Kojo’ is a stunning directorial debut for a musician turned filmmaker 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z As an augury of such bliss, the water around them shines like melting gold. “Hotel Mumbai” and the Problem with Terrorism Movies 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Orwell adds, “I don’t think it a good augury for the future of the English language that ‘marigold’ should be dropped in favour of ‘calendula.’ Mary Norris: Greek to Me 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z As such, it is using its powers of augury to tell us to beware, to be afraid. American people to Trump: What’s goin’ on in the markets? 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Their emergence was an augury of an even more dangerous development: a breakdown in international law and the slow collapse of the global order. 2018: the year of the autocrat 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z After Athena blinds Tiresias for spying on her when she is naked she gives him the gift of augury, while the seer Phineus chooses blindness over sight. Can a sleepless night awaken creativity? 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z City did not face a threat until the 26th minute and it proved an augury of Danny Ings’s penalty strike moments later. Sterling hits two as Manchester City thrash Southampton to go top again 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z The naked young man looks like a surfer himself; the pallor of his body, in the jaws of the shark, is a fearful augury of the recent attacks. The Cape Cod shark attack is a terrible reminder of our fragility – and that of the sea 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Samour’s death was a grim augury of what was to come. Simon Tisdall | Will clashes over Gaza cause a wider Middle Eastern conflict? 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Allen is worse than an augury of those trolls of tomorrow; he is a model for them, a validation. Perspective | I read decades of Woody Allen’s private notes. He’s obsessed with teenage girls. 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z In the NFL’s confident rebuke to the president it was possible to divine an augury of that future. Racial progress and the NFL 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The recording, in all its lo-fi ambience, is like an augury of his early death. W Eugene Smith, the photographer who wanted to record everything 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z People will look for auguries – in the weather, in birds flying overhead – for Charles’s reign. Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z A shot saved by Ali Al-Habsi followed and this proved an augury of what was about to occur. Wayne Rooney equals record as Manchester United ease past Reading 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Weeks before, our television critic referred to the event as “not an encouraging augury of the campaign to come.” Presidential Debate, Aleppo, Arnold Palmer: Your Monday Briefing 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Still, for all this, the auguries are not good. In Syria at sundown tomorrow the US-Russia deal faces its first test | Mary Dejevsky 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z For Hentoff, the early jazz festivals were an augury of what was to come. 'Jazz was the catalyst for change': Jim Marshall’s images of 60s festivals 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z The Roman practice of augury was the study of the flight of birds to interpret the will of the gods, not the flight of fixed-wing aircraft. Boris Johnson's big day out in Brussels - BBC News 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z I look back, and find all sorts of auguries of what has just happened. 'If you've got money, you vote in ... if you haven't got money, you vote out' 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The auguries for the day ahead were good. Chasing the World’s Largest Animal in Sri Lanka 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z “It was a transformation so sudden and unexpected that almost every one in the streets looked up at what was apparently a happy augury for the new year.” Friday File: When the Ball First Dropped on New Year’s Eve 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z But it is also an augury of the future of the internet, mobile and media. Malone wolf 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z While state championship games are not as popular as the Brasileirao, the main domestic league which starts in May, the auguries for next season are not good. Empty grounds & bus depots in Brazil 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z At other times the auguries are less clear-cut. Can England defy logic and beat NZ? 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Lam’s concluding remarks bore the faint augury of difficult times ahead. The Umbrella Revolution Is Televised 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Fulfilling the Moorish seer’s augury, he managed to work marvels. Book review: ‘Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca:American Trailblazer,’ by Robin Varnum The moment that may go down as an augury of a new dawn under Louis van Gaal came in added time of the first half against Everton. Radamel Falcao opens his account as Manchester United hold off Everton 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Many see Jokowi’s win as an augury for a more mature era in Indonesian politics. With the Election of Joko Widodo, Indonesia Writes a New Chapter 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z Former Florida governor Jeb Bush, who embraces a more welcoming immigration policy than does much of the Republican nominating electorate, may construe Cantor’s defeat as a discouraging augury concerning any presidential aspirations Bush might have. George Will: How Eric Cantor’s defeat will strike other Republicans The 300 climate gurus who wrote the report are advanced in their practice of modern-day augury. Obama's New Carbon Gospel Blames Higher Living Standards For Destroying The World 2014-05-06T18:33:00Z Doors open at 6:30 a.m., augury at 7:30 a.m. City Room: Super Bowl Show, Locally Grown 2014-01-31T10:55:33Z They are inauspicious auguries, just as The Oval is an unfavourable place for a bowler to make his debut. Three is the magic number for Watson 2013-08-21T19:33:14Z André Villas-Boas sent on Aaron Lennon to inject pace, but it was hardly the best augury when Michael Dawson's first attempt to find him on the right wing missed by a mile. Tottenham 2-2 Wigan Athletic 2013-04-27T16:17:54Z An augury of this shift came in the serialisation of Rooney's book in September. Wayne Rooney still oozes class, but he's no longer Old Trafford's No1 2013-04-22T21:09:47Z “Auspice” and “augury” share a Latin origin with “avian.” Opinion: What Do the Bird-Watchers Know? 2013-04-19T20:07:44Z The England cricket team's resolve was a happy augury for the summer Tests against New Zealand and the Ashes series which lie ahead. England's football team have been here before. Don't panic! 2013-03-29T14:51:03Z I don’t want to rain on the parade, as it were, but once one turns to this line of thought, the auguries of this month—political, economic, and even celestial—are pretty disconcerting. Post-Jubilee, a Sobering Summer 2012-06-08T08:15:00Z As we have been reminded so often in recent days, the only England manager to lose on his debut was Alf Ramsey: auspicious beginnings are not necessarily the augury of good times around the corner. England's new era: new hope with the same old failings against Norway 2012-05-26T21:31:34Z "We must take it as an augury that this 'Golden Hind' will do in the air what her namesake did on the sea." The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z These two color auguries are among the most reliable of all the weather signs. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z He could not help wondering if these bright days and glorious sunsets were an augury of his own future. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z If ours were days of augury, men might have shuddered at the omens which accompanied the wedding ceremonies of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Other birds consecrated to auguries hovered over them, to drive away insects. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Llewelyn with trembling joy welcomed his little child, and drew many hopeful auguries for the future from his first seeing the light in the glorious holy tide of Christmas. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z There were multitudes who, declaring that there were no gods, or that the gods never interfered with human affairs, professed with the same breath an absolute faith in all portents, auguries, dreams, and miracles. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z After several years spent in foreign travel, he began practice in 1816 as a physician in London—according to his own statement, “with a fair augury of success speedily and completely fulfilled.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Why, the boast was a sure augury of disaster. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z This was a happy augury of his future administration of the parish! The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z But there are dark as well as bright auguries for the future. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z It seemed, it must be of good augury! Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z I could draw no good augury, however, from these signs of frailty, for the brightness of his eyes and the unusual elation of his manner told plainly of a spirit assured of the mastery. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indication as to the future. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z "Indeed, sir, I shall have great faith in your auguries!" returned my fair neighbor, bestowing the twin of her first smile upon me. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z The quietude pleased him, but only because it favoured his plans; the lark's hymn, because it covered with a fair mask his lurking ambush; the sunshine, because it seemed a good augury. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z The appearance of Samoset in the Pilgrim village was of good augury to the colony, and is worthy of a more appreciative pencil than has yet essayed it. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Meanwhile, it was of the best augury that the chatelaine should remain quiescent. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z He resigned himself… with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z But her manner was odd, her frown of evil augury. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z If so, does the fact speak for good augury or evil augury? England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z To spill salt, break a looking-glass, or dream of a white horse, are still regarded as of sinister augury. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Astronomy, algebra, geometry, astrology, augury, and many languages—old Accadian, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Sanscrit could be learned there from the most efficient instructors in Chaldea. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z He drew an augury of success from the clean briskness of the air. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z He often related this episode which had made such a happy day in his life and had been of good augury at a time when he was sad. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z Their auguries for 2012 are slightly less cataclysmic than those of the eschatological Eeyores, but they are alarming in their own right. 2012 World Economic Forum Risks Are Released 2012-01-11T10:00:00Z While in love's book I sought an augury; An ardent youth cried out in ecstasy, �Who owns a sweetheart beauteous as the moon, Might wish his moments long as years to be!� The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Here, also, are to be seen the columns of those temples in which the priests of old, with their auguries and idols, deceived the people, and reduced them to moral slavery. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z The very name of the trawler in which he was at work seemed to Warrisden of a bad augury for his success--the Perseverance! The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Exuberance in a beginner is always, in my mind, an augury of excellence. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Indeed, a circle of evil auguries surrounded the childhood of little Hartley. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Stanley took this as a good augury of the reception he should meet with along the coast of Usongora, which he designed to explore. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z The Lord Falkland, to divert the King, would have his Majesty make a trial of his fortune by the Sortes Virgilianæ, which everybody knows was an usual kind of augury some ages past. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z The present is at least a happy augury. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Had this been his all, Virginia would have been his debtor; in the event it was but an augury of many benefactions to follow. Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck 2011-11-26T03:00:16.703Z Nor did the future history of the child belie the augury of this poetic sigh of a fond, yet fearing parent, over the extracted, embodied frailty and fineness of his own being. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The animal usually sacrificed by the Peruvians was the llama, and the priest who officiated drew auguries from the appearance of the intestines. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z But as people became more degraded and “like people, like priest,” the medicine men added a ritual of song, dances, incantations, and auguries by which to dignify their profession with mystery. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z But these trying experiences were not auguries of failure or of disaster. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Thine auguries are like my good fortune,—long in compassing. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z This revolt was of the worst augury to the empire. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z With the rescued Spaniards from Pensacola he returned to Havana, considering this easy victory of happy augury for the expedition upon which he had set out. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z Navius declared that augury must determine whether the plan of Tarquinius could be carried out, which caused the latter to ask, sneeringly, whether he knew what he was thinking about. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z However, he hoped that these stupendous evils might, under the present favourable conditions, vanish in the course of a few days' progress; and he went to bed, full of august auguries. The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island 2011-10-08T02:00:25.133Z Here, too, was an apparition of sinister augury. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z He left the beasts without food or water for ten days, and bade the king visit them at the end of that time, and take augury from their condition. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z Residents in Turkey have inherited many of the superstitions of the Greeks and Romans, such as augury from the flight of birds, and the entrails of newly-slaughtered animals, and faith in astrology. Turkey Peeps at Many Lands 2011-09-21T02:00:31.190Z The science of augury certainly required no particular talent; but, as its professors were held in very high repute, the introduction of the plebeian element into the body, was a triumph for popular principles. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z It was also a good augury if he entered, of his own accord, a particular stall. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Origen attributes augury and divination through animals to demons. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z "Accept the augury," he whispered, resting his lips upon her low smooth brow. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z She added, that as a bad omen had attended her departure so this thick fog seemed to be but an evil augury at her arrival. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z A glimpse at the nature of the art of augury will demonstrate to the student the ease with which the seer could see exactly the thing he wanted. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z This ceremony was repeated with other victims until the augury was deemed decisive. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The second is augury, when anything is predicted from the chattering of birds, or the voice of animals, and this may be either lawful or unlawful. The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; 2011-08-14T02:00:22.973Z And they believed the augury, as they believed in life, in love, in faith; they who were beginning all, and had proved none of the treacherous triad! Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z "Give careful attention; this calm is of evil augury." With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z This, the first glorious vision of the midnight sun, glowed in my dreams—the augury of success in that for which my heart yearned. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The boy was blind; he read in that kiss an augury of good, and went away with heart singing. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z It was so fresh and bright, and it was so long since anything but a faint smile had been seen upon her face, that it was like a pleasant augury of happier days to come. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z On the return of the seventy our Lord saw in this success of His disciples in their ministration, an augury of the establishment of His Church. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z "That is a happy augury for us," said Skshetuski, "but we must make the inquiry." With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z As she spoke, Dane noticed that the gloom of the firs had swallowed most of the lawn, and the coincidence struck him as an unfortunate augury. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z The rites of the gods were termed august, their temples were august, and the word itself was derived from the auguries. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Now his captor had repeated the words of that augury, but had reversed them with grim significance. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Sir Edward Stephenson observed this, and had told his betrothed Emma that he drew the best possible augury from it for his brother's safety. The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z This ceremony is by way of augury as to the prospects for the ensuing season. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z It is curious, but by the same token I'm standing with my heel on the neck of the leopard, and I feel inclined to say God send it be a true augury. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z The social leagues which group themselves around the various churches of to-day, seem to me a feature of happy augury. Modern Society 2011-06-23T02:00:27.897Z He peopled the world which lay before him with all the forms of the past, and each step into the future was to him full of augury of important operations and remarkable events. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z "If the circumstances under which the launch took place can be accepted as an augury of the future," said one Belfast newspaper, "the should be a huge success." Belfast Celebrates the Centenary of the 'Titanic' Launch 2011-05-31T08:31:16Z At the sight of a new-born babe the Corsican involuntarily sets to work making auguries. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z It seemed a happy augury, and presently Dane retired tranquilly to sleep again. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z “A happy augury,” was Francesca’s greeting to the pathway of light. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z Two is accordingly an evil principle, a number of bad augury, characterizing disorder, confusion, and change. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z In happy augury we dared to guess That her pure spirit shot one sunny glance Of paganry across the fields of France, Clear startling this dim fog of soulfulness. Colors of Life Poems and Songs and Sonnets 2011-05-09T02:00:03.610Z I see in your hand, madam, auguries opposed to each other; a prisoner without a prison, wealth without riches: an unhappy queen, a happy wife, and a happy mother. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z This was slaughtered first, and examined by the High Priest for the auguries. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z The happy augury was hailed with shouts, And victory was ours. Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts 2011-04-14T02:00:57.593Z The weather was fine, with a cool refreshing breeze, and this was a happy augury for a successful trip. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z It is unnecessary to give any summary of the arguments of Cicero against auguries, auspices, astrology, lots, dreams, and every species of omens and prodigies. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The owner of a cow which has vomited such a ball, regards it as a propitious augury for the prosperity of his family. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z He does not like long tournaments away from home, not the best augury for the Crucible's 17-day marathon of the mind. John Higgins draws Stephen Lee for starters in world championship 2011-03-21T21:43:00Z The priests have read the auguries like a leaf. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z That augury is of such import that no man of us would make a step forward unless commanded.” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z Balbus, after farther arguing for the existence of the gods, from events consequent on auguries and auspices, proceeds to what is more peculiarly the doctrine of the Stoics. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z He had drawn some good augury from the altered carriage of the young man's head, and was loth to disturb the current of his thoughts. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Apollonius’ superstitious audience were greatly struck by this conduct of the sparrows, and thought it was an augury of some important matter. Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. 2011-03-04T03:01:05.837Z "The twenty-third of June—a midsummer birth-day—your poor mamma used to say—the glow and flowers of summer—a brilliant augury." The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z Amid these and similar murmurings I approached the tables, at which a place for me was speedily made, for my coming was regarded by the company as a good augury. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Now all this had seemed to Maxfield to be of good augury, and an additional testimony—if any such were needed—to his own sagacity and prudent behaviour. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z I do not recall any parallel story, but drums are much used by witch-doctors and in ceremonial dances, and in some cases auguries are drawn from their sound. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z It is of good or evil augury according to circumstances. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z Munday, however, who had a thorough knowledge of the habits of his national enemies, interpreted their tones in a different sense, and drew good augury from them. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Behold, two birds of worse augury than either!” Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z But eighteen can laugh at such auguries, and there was no thought or question of marriage in the minds of the sisters as they crouched that afternoon close together on the old window-seat. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z He came with an augury of victory upon him, which even Athanasius could not show; it was Leo, Bishop of Rome. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z I myself accept it as of good augury. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z For despite all these auguries and auspices another arctic winter set in. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Just as the Romans consulted the oracle before starting on any great undertaking, so have we been given a happy augury by having thrust into our hands, so to speak, a notable treasure. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z But two days—three—a week, went by, and still trade did not materially improve, and it took all Aunt Polly's wise saws and hopeful auguries to keep their spirits up. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z Hope was the first horse Napoleon rode on the island, and it pleased him to think that this name was an augury. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z The guests were beginning to indulge in a smile, when suddenly Dr. Johnson's formidable head began to oscillate, while from his chair emanated a cracking sound of evil augury. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z I had not unclasped my hand; I was looking in his thin, pale, smiling face with the saddest augury. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z As a counterpart to the sacred oracle and the gift of prophecy, the worshippers of Baal had auguries, divinations, and pretended oracles in every country. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z In other words, we seek auguries where there are none by comparing traditional business cycle statistics such as payrolls and housing starts to once-in-a-lifetime lows from late 2008 and early 2009. Viewpoint: The Lessons of the Recent Recovery 2010-05-27T21:00:00Z There's no doubt that the al-Qaida attack on the World Trade Centre was a nauseating shock, but for those of us who'd paid attention to the auguries, what came next was no big surprise. Looking back on New Labour: Will Self 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z That cooling of the heel, he recognized as a warning of the cold reception to come—and an augury of ruin. The Law of Hemlock Mountain These successes in the commencement of his reign furnished a brilliant augury for the future. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies The mind of patriarch Thomas had been greatly moved by auguries of misfortune which as it were filled the air. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII With respect to auguries, when one meets a wolf, and the latter turns to the right hand, especially if he have a full mouth, there could not be a better presage. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History They carry no better augury than the hour of your arrival, for, in very truth, I feared you might be tardy. The Great Mogul The promise of the early morning had been duly fulfilled, and the sun shone a glorious augury on the undertaking, as at ten-thirty he left the hotel. The Princess Galva A Romance Strabo thought that, with the spread of Roman power, the Sibylline prophecies and the Etruscan augury eclipsed the Greek and Eastern oracles. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Aus�pices, among the ancient Romans strictly omens or auguries derived from birds, though the term was also used in a wider sense. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis The latter is said to have appealed to augury to determine the exact site of his projected foundation; but less fantastic considerations went far to settle it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" If mankind chose augury as a sign, it might have been permitted them to find a sign in it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 And he shrinks not from the auguries and forecastings of his mind about their career and fate. Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. Divination and augury had become mere engines of political intrigue, and the aristocratic magistrate could hardly take the omens without a smile. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The answers of the augurs as well as the signs by which they were governed were called auguries, but bird-predictions were properly termed auspices. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis There are moments when the strongest minds are under the influence of superstitious ideas, and, at this juncture, Rodolph viewed the fatal amount of stairs as an ill augury. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 He accepted it as an augury of good hap. Sinister Street, vol. 2 The new experiment was watched with great interest by naval men, but the history of that ship seemed of evil augury for the future of these craft. The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War But foreign and unregulated superstitions, from the second century B.C., were pouring in from the East to put a fresh load on the human spirit or to replace the waning faith in Italian augury. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Drake was before the fireplace, moving or rather switching back and forth, and this unwonted nervousness seemed an evil augury to Bojo. Making Money Was not the old man's appreciation of good augury? An Engagement of Convenience A Novel It was altogether a pretty picture, that seemed to be a happy augury of the good times in store. Ti-Ti-Pu A Boy of Red River His examination over, he went back to his cell, singing so merrily that La Mole, for whom he was making all the noise, drew from it the happiest auguries. Marguerite de Valois "It's the first bit of pleasure our new wealth has given us, mother; may it be a good augury!" Tony Butler The drift from town to country homes is a sign of the times and an augury of great good to the coming generation, physical and patriotic. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 "The first augury is in favor of love." Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) No educated man any longer believed in divination, auguries, and miracles. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy For a while, however, I regarded the meeting as a happy augury—a lucky coincidence. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. In England itself, through Oxford, unexpected auguries have dawned upon Rome, of a new birth for the pomps of Papal Rome. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 "May this clear sky prove true augury of the voyage we are to share!" A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois It is true that the Roman lords, consuls and dictators, after that the eagle appeared as an augury over Par. xix. Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani The Doctor spoke as though in augury of his own fate. A Modern Wizard She is more beautiful than any of the daughters of Beyrout, and her name is Selima, a name of good augury.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 Is that a good augury for the future? An Unknown Lover May it prove true augury of clear sunshine to follow! A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois If anything seemed to point a significant augury, this did. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising So far this was a good augury they agreed, for had their deaths been already decided upon it would not matter whose faces they recognised or whose they did not. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising They had been tied up in the forest to see how long they could live without food and water, I suppose so that the enemy might have some augury of their fortunes. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War This being a ceremony always performed by the chief who wishes to retain the friendship of his visitors, during their temporary absence, was of good augury. The Ruined Cities of Zululand This should have been fair enough augury to reassure the most despondent of travellers. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Eustace was not a superstitious man, but even he might, to a certain extent, feel justified in drawing a highly favourable augury from the circumstance. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War The poor pr�venu draws favorable auguries from this solemn deliberation. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 The circumstance interested greatly the neighbouring proprietors, who shook their heads in significant augury of the probable fate of their young neighbour in the whirlpool of continental life. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative The dash and discipline of the Egyptian troops in this victory were a good augury for the future. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Mr. Goschen, M.P., and Lord Rothschild, were among the speakers, and resolutions were passed with an enthusiasm which gave good augury for the success of the Imperial Institute. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 The kindly purser was soon pouring hundreds of letters and telegrams into my eager hands, sweet and welcoming messages—happy augury! Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer "Thanks, dear Beatrix! thanks for the sacred gift and happy augury!" said Mr. Berners, as he took the book and read the lines. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" I was standing, as it were, on the threshold of life, and regarded the mode in which I should be received as an augury of good or evil. That Boy Of Norcott's In the case of augury and omens, on the other hand, that is not necessary. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The sunshine we have enjoyed to-day may be taken as a good augury for the success of the London and North Western Railway Company in their new undertaking. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 The religion of the Etruscans was characterized by the great stress laid upon the art of divination and augury. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Other poems attributed to Hesiod, but now lost, were on astronomy, on auguries by birds, on the character of the physical world; still others seem to have been genealogies of famous women. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" There is no happier augury on entering life than to possess the friendship and good-will of those who stand foremost in the world's honor. That Boy Of Norcott's The promptness of his movements on this occasion gained him credit with the Spaniards; and the fortunate result seemed to furnish a favorable augury for the future. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 I have something to tell you, and it strikes me first as a splendid augury that I should have found you like this all alone. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion This augury she made while she stood beside her mistress' coffin just before they sealed it in the tomb in old Saint Denis Cemetery. Pledged to the Dead May it be an augury that the others and bigger ones will vanish also. A Boy Knight Tanaquil, availing herself of the science of augury, in which the Etruscans were especially expert, declared that this was a sign that the highest honors were to be heaped upon her husband's head. Roman Women Before half that period, the sad augury was fulfilled. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 And with a sense of darkling superstition upon him the delivery of that message as he passed the threshold seemed to sound a note of ill augury. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion "I accept the augury," cried Frederick, laughing heartily at the witty misapplication of the phrase, and resumed his seat once more. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago This sinister creature, that had never before been seen, alarmed the rural regions, and appeared to be an augury of the greatest misfortunes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 Sidelights: Reviving a long obsolete custom, certain astrologers in London have cast the horoscope of the Star Lord and pronounced the auguries to be unfavorable. The Star Lord For what better augury of success than that afforded by the union of wisdom in council with boldness in execution? History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 It was the first time for more than a hundred years that a Ramonyi and a Lilienh�he had walked together, and there were some who looked upon it as an augury. Long Live the King The augury of success or failure in the outset of life is no such trifle as you deem it. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago "And were both highly elated over the happy augury?" he queried, still gazing searchingly into her eyes. Elsie in the South The usual form of taking an augury was very solemn; the augur ascending a tower, bearing in his hand a curved stick called a litus. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations A cannon-shot from the bay rung out as I again stepped upon the terrace, and I accepted the augury as an omen of welcome. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas It was an augury for the future; at any rate, he determined to regard it as such. Long Live the King A supernatural voice seemed to suggest an appeal to a singular kind of augury. Josephine Makers of History And when the entrails of victims were examined in augury on another of Diocletian’s expeditions, and found not to present the wonted marks, the chief soothsayer declared that the presence of Christians caused the failure. The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 That is a mere process, and no augury of future behavior. Ancestors A Novel By the knowledge of the auguries and the study of the past, we seek to foresee the future to the end of enlightening those who are less clear-sighted than ourselves. The Gold Sickle or Hena, The Virgin of The Isle of Sen. A Tale of Druid Gaul Dawn was breaking as we let ourselves in; a soft grey light stole across the heavens like an augury of still happier days to come. Long Live the King Josephine resorted to the same kind of augury to ascertain if William, who had become a student in the University at Oxford, still remained faithful to her. Josephine Makers of History Both Madame de Maintenon and Mademoiselle Scuderi thought this interruption of evil augury; for, though once surprised into interest, the King might take care not to fall into the snare a second time. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II No mean omen, no awkward augury, of the day's sport. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) He wrote a work on augury, the first book of which he dedicated to Cicero. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Still another favorable augury was that the general direction pursued by the Apaches was the same, and the fact was, there was very little still intervening between him and the open prairie beyond. Through Apache Lands They carried with them a noble victim, the flower of their captives, and an apparatus for kindling the new fire, the success of which was an augury of the renewal of the cycle. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West He only hoped it would be an augury of success in store for the Chester nine in their coming battle. Jack Winters' Baseball Team Or, The Rivals of the Diamond Percival glanced at her, and drew no good augury from the cold offence visible in her face. Under False Pretences A Novel But the citizen of the future, if the auguries of the present prove true, will be able to apply principles of right and wrong without reference to national boundaries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Good auguries may be drawn for philosophy from the great mechanical and material inventions which multiply the means of intercommunication, and, it may be said, annihilate terrestrial distances. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition They open it at random and lay a finger on a verse which is supposed to be, in some way, an augury for the coming year. Threads of Grey and Gold On ridges it delayed, finding the auguries unfavorable and waiting a new voice from file altar. Old Plymouth Trails In another direction the eagerness with which every advance in the telephone is hailed by the people may well offer an augury of rapid progress in the immediate future. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast One bit of intelligence seemed like an augury of good for the future: Ruatara's wheat had been sown and was growing well! A History of the English Church in New Zealand Some of the sentimental fellows took this as an augury. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw In January they offered sacrifices to Janus upon two altars, and on the first day of the month they were careful to regulate their speech and conduct, thinking it an augury for the coming year. Threads of Grey and Gold He grudged every augury of success; he welcomed every detail of difficulty. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories Nor have they at all missed the significance of moist bands occurring in any underground workings as a very favourable augury for the close approach of highly mineralised lodes. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast And it was the first great public event which Spenser would hear of in all men's mouths, as he entered on manhood, the prelude and augury of fierce and dangerous years to come. Spenser No doubt Lee’s army is weakened by detachments sent to Early; but then the local troops have been sent home, which is at least a favorable augury. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Thus writes, in rapture, the ingenuous secretary; and in the spirit of the times communicates a delightful augury attending this speech, by which evidently was foreseen its happy termination. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 To-day the stones formerly sent from the rock were safely landed, notwithstanding the augury of the seamen in consequence of their being sent away two days before. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) And so the eagerness of those generous young souls was to me a good augury for the future, of them, and of their native land. Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 To overhear this talk made Gwen discredit the doctor's unfavourable auguries. When Ghost Meets Ghost It was used as one of the insignia of the Archdruid, and was supposed to assist in augury. Legends & Romances of Brittany The vulture, upon the same principle, follows armies; and I have no doubt that the augury of the ancients was a good deal founded upon the observation of the instincts of birds. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World His manner seemed an augury of trouble, and I hurried on to him, asking: "What's happened?" Wings of the Wind There were various encouraging signs and portents in the political heavens and all auguries were favourable. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations If by chance one remains alight it is considered an augury of long life to the person in front of whom it stands. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia All night, dark inns, gathering the country-side, Reddened with clashing auguries of war. Collected Poems Volume One That brought a smile to her lips—a quavery, uncertain little smile but an augury of better ones to come. The Monk of Hambleton Gates was on his way to call me when I came out, and one look at his broad smile required no further augury of good news. Wings of the Wind No choir celestial sang at Lincoln's birth, No transient star illumined the midnight sky In honor of some ancient prophecy, No augury was given from heaven or earth. The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President The Whigs, whose policy had been opposed to the war, naturally prophesied its ill-success, and, until this period, facts had certainly not confuted their auguries. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) He has a saker, which according to report, when fired, serves him as a good or evil augury. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century This is a happy augury for the future. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer The Roman "templum" was not originally a building, but a space marked off, according to the rules of augury, for the observation of signs. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Not that all this devotion assisted him much either in increase of friendship with his relations, or in verification of his auguries. The Doctor's Family Helene returned to her hotel, thrilling with pleasure and happy auguries. Dreamers of the Ghetto To give a list of the omens and auguries would consume much time and be useless. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century So did he make supplication, and Zeus All-Provident heard him, And on the instant an eagle, of skyborne auguries noblest, Dark and majestic, the hunter of Æther, was sent from his footstool. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 The priests had to work the auguries when consulted on matters of state; on private matters the paterfamilias might do this himself. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems It has been said that some persons endeavor to deceive themselves with reference to their holding any belief in omens and auguries. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 And soon a line of great white wings was vanishing into the mist, madly rushing seaward through the white caps, under a sky already lowering with tempest and black with the scowl of fateful augury. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore Take the case of a young man just about to start in business, whose connexion, habits, and education, are such as to give every possible augury for his future success. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 If he received it, say they, it was considered a good omen; if he refused it, this was a bad augury. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. O Father, give us augury and sink into our heart! The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse So setting to work with a will, the gods forged and polished a mirror, wove cloth for beautiful garments, built a pavilion, carved a necklace of jewels, made wands, and tried an augury. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan Menorrhagia, at any time in the course of the disease, was a bad augury. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 Among his contemporaries, however, he enjoyed the kind of fame which is perhaps of still better augury for future success. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice This splendid weather seemed to him to be a good augury. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal The best hope is that its decay may provide the soil in which seed may be sown of a far-distant growth of happier augury. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies Her sisters had to comfort her with all manner of hopeful auguries and promises. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series "Ther Kaintuckians," murmured onlookers along the broken sidewalks as that cavalcade dismounted in the court house square to file quietly through the entrance doors, and eyes narrowed in a sinister augury of hostile welcome. The Roof Tree Despite this happy augury and a slight rise in the barometer, M. Balmat, chief guide of Chamonix, declared to me that I must not yet think of attempting the ascent. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories With joy th' auspicious augury she hears, But joy with doubt commingled, both so much The heavenly words distrust; yet still they hope The essay cannot harm. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II For it was said that he, being very deeply skilled in the arts of prophecy and the interpretation of auguries and omens, had very often predicted coming events. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens In the mean time, it may not be improper to take notice of the superstitious credulity with which most of these authors are reproached, on the subject of auguries, auspices, prodigies, dreams, and oracles. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) To let it be so soon destroyed would be an evil augury and submission to a desecration. The Roof Tree "Unlucky augury," I said, interested in the story, which affected me nearly. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories We now come to the session of 1883, inoperative as far as actual legislation was concerned, but rich in its augury for the future. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III And—to her whom you shall take with you—homage, good wishes, good augury, and adieux!” The Dark Star Nothing is more frequently mentioned in ancient history, than oracles, auguries, and divinations. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Hence he was, in opinion, strongly skeptical about dreams and ceremonial auguries. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar "An augury of the catastrophe which was later to cost this unfortunate man his life," replied the unknown sadly. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories I accept your augury that a Jan III. may appear along with the star! Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 The fond embrace of parents and a sister, which for me was a sweet augury at my departure, greeted me no more at my return! My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) Cicero explains himself upon the subject of auguries without ambiguity or reserve. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) The words had come to her as the interpretation of an augury, the fulfilment of a promise. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius “An augury of evil!” murmured Robin, under his breath. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution The sound of the lumberer’s axe, cheerful to the lonely traveller, has no music for his ear: it is to him a note of evil augury—a knell of dread import. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness It seemed to me a good augury for one who was joining their tribe. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) Here Don Juan passed the first months of his married life—a marriage celebrated under circumstances of sad augury. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora It scents dead bodies from a great distance, and therefore men fear its voice as a certain augury of an impending death. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood “Be of good cheer, dear lad; the Lord sitteth above all auguries, and hath granted thee the desire of thine heart.” Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution I read in the sudden change of sky no ill augury, but an omen of success. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West But these other creatures are subordinate to the birds, from which alone augury is sought at the beginning of any important undertaking. Children of Borneo It must be remembered that the stork is the favorite bird of Holland, the bird of good augury, like the swallow. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) She drops them with a quick turn of the wrist, gathers them up and drops them again, seeking for an augury. The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts This was an evil augury; for wherever Gardiner was, there was mischief. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution The augury in which I had assisted seemed false for the marriage of Margaret to Duke Alessandro took place, as had been planned, on the arrival of the Emperor at Naples. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) Not a whit, we defy augury: there is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. Hamlet He endeavored to soothe and quiet the excited feelings of his grandsons, and finally recommended to them to appeal to augury to decide the question. Romulus Makers of History The use of auguries seems to have come at a later date. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Charles had need of all happy auguries, for on his arrival in Scotland things did not seem very hopeful. The Red True Story Book Though this encounter with the monks had seemed to him of bad augury, Ibarra presented himself in the utmost calm. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere They manifest their presence by signs and wonders, by visions and dreams, by auguries and prophetic voices. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles But it happened, unfortunately, that the rules for the interpretation of auguries and omens, were far too indefinite and vague to answer the purpose for which they were now appealed to. Romulus Makers of History As is usually the case in a nation where a nature religion is followed, divination and augury were practised largely in ancient Japan. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Nearly four thousand prisoners fell here into his hands—an augury, as it seemed, of a more splendid triumph. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 It is a hopeful augury, to those concerned with aviation, that public interest in flying should not only be keen, but should be growing. Learning to Fly A Practical Manual for Beginners It was a perfect day when we commenced the ploughing, and we hailed it as a favorable augury that cloudless sunshine flooded the steaming prairie. Lorimer of the Northwest I call to mind thy augury, 'twas perfect; Revenge proves its own executioner. A History of Elizabethan Literature He noticed with pleasure the attention paid to him by the down-at-heels servant—it was good augury for the success of the interview. The Wooden Horse They will be encouraged to go to the "highways and hedges" for their omens, to the felicitous encounters of the common road for their auguries and inspirations. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations They undertook no enterprise of importance without sacrifices to the gods, and if the auguries were unfavorable, they relinquished their most cherished objects. Ancient States and Empires That being assured, the new kingdom will be able to devote its energies to internal affairs, and the excellent impression made by the Hejazi prince in Europe should be a favourable augury of the future. Pan-Islam I had felt there was a mysterious meaning in that moment, and in that flight of dim-seen birds an augury of ill-omen for my life. More Trivia This was the augury the priestess drew, and wondered greatly at the sign. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus It is a circumstance of good augury that certain scientifically trained minds in all countries seem drifting to the same conclusion. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy I hoped the augury was a true one, but there were times when I doubted. A Virginia Scout If the scales were evenly balanced the augury would be good. How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer I was always superstitious, and this augury, just at that moment, affected me. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 ‘Domestic disorganization is a sure augury of political disruption.’ The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion. But that dark cloud had its silver lining; it was even converted into an augury of success. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 But Lucy was disgusted, and bluntly refused, knowing her grasp to be far too small, unable to endure the touch of the guide, and maybe shrinking from the failure of the augury. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster To the Greeks, who by oracles, omens, and auguries were for ever prying into the future, such a suggestion was always welcome. The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago The high character and attainment of the commanding fruit-growers, nurserymen and dealers are good augury for the future. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 This is always an encouraging sign, and an augury of success. Sam's Chance And How He Improved It Above all, there were expressions in his letters that seemed of sad augury. My Recollections of Lord Byron ‘Good-bye,’ he said, but without a word of augury, and loosed her hand. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Of the dread augury enveloped in this little humble but beautiful flower. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 And it's an augury of great good for the future. The House with the Green Shutters “I mind Sir Aubrey once saying,” added Hans, “that when a bride talked ever of herself, and nothing of her bridegroom, it was a very ill augury of the state of her heart.” It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Despite so many gloomy auguries the marriage was a happy one at first. Emily Brontë So they comforted themselves with a few pretty auguries, dressed, and went down to dinner, where Phœbe had made sure that, as before, Lucy would sit next Robin, and be subdued. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster He made the promise with tears, not daring to contradict her by happier auguries, and in this way took his last farewell of the Queen, and never saw her more. Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets This was accounted a happy augury, for it seemed to mean that the city should always retain its youth and that no enemy should remove its boundaries. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality They knew not that it was an augury of the fateful tragedy at the gates of Spain. With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds As the answers were unsatisfactory he tried to avert the augury by prayers to Heaven, by ordaining a general fast to all his Court, and by building churches. Astronomy for Amateurs The man took a broken fragment of an old gravestone on which was inscribed the word Resurgam; and by many this was naturally taken as a favourable augury. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Thine auguries are like my good fortune—long in compassing. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Lucius had little trust in the augur, and said to him, "Come, tell me by your auguries whether the thing I have in my mind may be done or not." Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The Consul Cicero, who had gone forth beyond the walls to take the auspices, accompanied by an augur, had declared the auguries favorable. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 He was now suspected of being fallible; and, what seemed of worse augury, he was beginning himself to suspect as much. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Astronomy was derived from astrology: chemistry from alchemy, and physiology from auguries. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics I believe the Barometer at no time countenanced this augury, which a brief experience sufficed most signally to confute. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. His wife Tanaquil, who was skilled in augury, told him this was a happy omen, and that he was destined to become great. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality But then, what signs of evil augury had greeted him! The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 As forth upon its errand went That huge ferocious armament, An awful cloud, in dust and gloom, With threatening thunders from its womb Poured in sad augury a flood Of rushing water mixt with blood. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Her name, the Discovery, was of good augury. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World I desire to see around him thronging, nay forming the procession, every augury of hope and peace. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 He is with the heathen dramatist in his denunciations of injustice and tyranny, and his auguries of divine vengeance upon crime. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin It might be said it was only the rudeness of an ill-taught boy, but the boy was King of France, and the suggestive omission was an evil augury to the hopes of his unsatisfied ambition. The Justice of the King Dreams, omens, auguries foreshow Our coming lot of weal and woe: But thou, my Ráma, couldst not see The grievous blow which falls on thee. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The Greeks and Romans certainly had a similar habit, but far from attaching any ill-omen to the sneeze they regarded it as of good augury. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce Julian, the Emperor, rejects auguries, 70 n. iii. Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens It carries with it an earnest and an augury of its own expediency. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin Human sacrifices were used for auguries before any important enterprise, and as thank offerings for victory or success. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals While the fact that pleasure is found in the marital relation is a favourable augury for impregnation, it has been long noticed that Messalinas are sterile. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother But here comes in the unspiritual mind which thinks only of facts—yet mark me so far, Rome by an augury of wicked gods stretched to a period of 1,200 years. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 "It has a bad sound—a sound of a bad augury, bad sign," said Madame. The Lost Girl When at last her name had been mentioned, for a moment she had eagerly held her breath, lest she might lose one syllable from which an augury of her fate could be drawn. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy That's a black augury! it has been said For ages, "That the City ne'er should yield To man, until the River grew its foe." The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry Eagle or no eagle, augury or no augury, the opening of the campaign was gloomy in the extreme. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II Anne Hathaway’s greater burden of years and the likelihood that the poet was forced into marrying her by her friends were not circumstances of happy augury. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles The complicated art of augury might in fact be dispensed with if you had a haruspex ready and willing at a moment's notice to give you a good report of the victim's liver. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus It was of bad augury to look at them, she thought, and she drew back from the window and sat down where she could see only the sky. Stradella In like manner pay no attention to auguries, and sneezings; and when you are on a journey pay no attention to the singing of certain little birds. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery The Stuarts had drawn first blood successfully, and the superstitions saw in the circumstance yet another augury of success. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II James came to England in a springtide of rarely rivalled clemency, which was reckoned of the p. 149happiest augury. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles This particular branch of augury is, in fact, neither so inadequate nor so absurd as most others. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus Charmion laughed at my delight over that rose, but I was in the mood to be pleased, to see happy auguries in trivial happenings. The Lady of the Basement Flat I was always superstitious, and this piece of augury, coming at that moment, troubled me. How The Redoubt Was Taken 1896 So here was the claimant to the crown, friendless and alone, trying his best to derive encouragement from the augury which Tullibardine grandiloquently discerned in the flight of a royal eagle around the vessel. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II There was generous and general rejoicing at her account of the brief interview, and a strong feeling that under this happier augury Geraldine must recover. Miss Pat at School People who were given to signs and auguries said that it presaged an early and violent death. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada The auguries allowed the evacuation of the other gods, Terminus and Juventas alone refusing to depart. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation It's a happy augury that his baptismal name happens to be Solomon, even as it was rather a tragic one that mine happened to be David. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales She spoke rather in the tone of one hoping against evil auguries than as one indulging in any confident anticipations of the future. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy These preparations resembling more the capital of Mexico than that of the United States, were augury of the peace of the administration thus ushered in! Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Curate distinctly winks at me, which is against the Rubrics, no doubt, but still seems to be an augury of happy tidings about the sum collected. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 25, 1893 To see the newly-arisen sun on Easter morning was an augury of good luck. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts At last he speaks with good cheer: 'The gods prosper our undertaking and their own augury! The Aeneid of Virgil There is one augury, the best, to fight for our country. The Iliad of Homer (1873) The people had now lost all faith in Mr. Davis and his methods; and they sullenly refused to accept the happy auguries of victory he drew from crushing defeat. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The view has been put forward that some anatomical knowledge was derived through the practice of augury from the entrails of sacrificial animals. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Altogether it was a great success as a celebration and a happy augury of the future into which it ushered the expectant Patricia. Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge For I declare to thee thy comrades are restored, thy fleet driven back into safety by the shifted northern gales, except my parents were pretenders, and unavailing the augury they taught me. The Aeneid of Virgil Thus he spoke, praying; but to him provident Jove hearkened, and immediately sent an eagle, the Black Hunter, the most certain augury of birds, which they also call Percnos. The Iliad of Homer (1873) It seemed an augury of happiness as he walked alone about the fields, and dwelt upon it. Aunt Rachel His coming to take full command of the Union forces was an augury of success to every loyal citizen of the United States. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. But death is not for him, nor he for death; he and his rider are something alike, and will long be so, if auguries ever speak truth. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century To this Juturna adds a yet stronger impulse, and high in heaven shews a sign more potent than any to confuse Italian souls with delusive augury. The Aeneid of Virgil It was evident that something of unhappy augury had been, revealed in his last appeal to the heavens. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! The Druidic cult of belief in immortality, metempsychosis, ritual of the grove, augury, human sacrifice, is all set out and discussed. Folklore as an Historical Science He saw in the young man high traits of character, and in his rare gifts auguries of a splendid career. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens And if there be not truth in auguries, Piso, where is it to be found among mortals? Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century They had been acting as fools if they had failed to interpret auguries which presented no difficulty whatever to people of ordinary intelligence who took the trouble to watch events. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 Tantarara! the joyous Book of Spring Lies open, writ in blossoms; not a bird Of evil augury is seen or heard! April's Lady A Novel The sailors and Captain Pickersgill all rose and went to the window, to ascertain Corbett’s fortune by this new species of augury. The Three Cutters Indeed, I received it as a favorable augury, and as evidence that you are not indifferent to the opinions of the civilized world. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Happily the increase in income granted in 1919 is an augury of a better era, if the growth for the next few years is not too overwhelming. The University of Michigan As the Duke, with his body-guard, rode out of the castle, many remarked that his look was sad and full of evil augury. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow To them it seemed an augury of safety. The Three Admirals “Go back to your hut, and wait until I send for you!” answered Umbulazi, making a grimace from which Denis drew no favourable augury. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand Yet, if plain truth is to be told, there was nothing unusual about this sunrise, no rare tints of=18= divine augury; the luminary came up in every-day fashion. Benjamin Franklin In spite, however, of this hopeless augury, Dora’s voice did reach his ears. The Carbonels He said it was a wonderful improvement, and the best possible augury of complete recovery, and that now the first step had been taken we could look forward to continuous improvement. The Heart of Una Sackville It gave her an uncomfortable feeling, amounting almost to an augury of ill, to hear Uncle Bernard talking of Margot Blount with such unusual interest. The Fortunes of the Farrells The warriors believed victory was certain, for the prophetess had declared that all the auguries were favourable. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand As for the colonies themselves, should they win, the character of the Americans gave augury of their wishing a solid government and therefore cultivating peace. Benjamin Franklin Graham was full of ill auguries, but said he would assent and assist. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 The bright morning appeared to all as an augury of success; so it was with light hearts that they set out. The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land As a rule the returns of the metropolitan constituencies were looked forward to as an augury of the political complexion of the coming parliament. London and the Kingdom - Volume II Abellino regarded the appearance of the agents and stewards as of very good augury: it showed that they already regarded him as their master, to whom homage was justly due. A Hungarian Nabob The enthusiastic reception of Franklin in France was responded to by him with a bearing so cheerful and words so encouraging that all the auguries for America seemed for a while of the best. Benjamin Franklin The historian remarks, as a good augury, that a violent storm had raged for three days before. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. This moderation was no augury of permanent quiet. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII And so his appearance was of good augury for everyone. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day The rarer the phenomenon, the greater the significance is, as we have seen, a general principle in the science of augury. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria We were careful not to interrupt this feast of good augury. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 If this be true augury; your last letter may be considered as ominous of my breaking down. St. Ronan's Well There are five kinds of auguries mentioned in authors—1st. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) “We know that the hare was used in Brittany as an animal of augury for foretelling the future; and all animals of augury were once venerated.” The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The custom of making tests to learn the future comes from the old system of augury from sacrifice. The Book of Hallowe'en When they realized that I was sane the tribe split into two factions—one wanted to finish me but the other insisted that my coming was a good augury. Terry A Tale of the Hill People "I suppose we are advancing in the science of augury as in all other sciences," replied her ladyship, laughing, "and find that the omens, like the readings of the barometer, are capable of two interpretations." Belles and Ringers —Amid their rural neighborhood were some Who frankly took him by the hand, as one, Worthy to rise, and others who preferr'd To cherish evil memories, or indulge Dark auguries. Man of Uz, and Other Poems It is of good augury for our own letters that the best French fiction of to-day is getting itself translated in the United States, and that the liking for it is growing apace. Ten Tales Alas! the gloomy auguries which105 followed this fatal spectacle, were too truly realized. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. He pleaded for peace with the rebels, and from the event of the great battle near Manassas he drew an augury of defeat to the cause of the Government on future battlefields. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis You must not speak lightly of the science of augury, Lady Mary. Belles and Ringers If a flower is seen to expand on a barren rock, or in a place where there is no other vegetation, it is looked upon as an augury of an abundant harvest throughout the country. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre From these words it would seem that the raven was considered a sign of evil augury to a person whose house was about to be entered by a visitor, for his croaking forebode treachery. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Meantime, it is natural to fear that the very possibility of doubts hanging over the results in an experiment so vitally national, carries with it desponding auguries as to the ultimate issue. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg The guests were then presented seriatim to Colonel and Mrs. Coppinger, and if good wishes could have been regarded as an augury of their future, there could have been no doubt of their good fortunes. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Accidents, executions, deaths, apoplexies, marriages, assassinations, births, anomalies of all kinds, become auguries and enigmas of numbers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 May her highness deign to accept the so happy augury of present ill luck bringing good fortune throughout a long and happy life. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 But from ancient times, omens, charms, and auguries have held considerable sway over the destinies of men. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales The augury to which they trusted was more physical than divine. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Our experience with the British officer at the base had certainly been pleasant and proved to be a happy augury of our future relationships with them. On the Fringe of the Great Fight The result was taken as an augury of triumph for the party all over the country, where these things had never been heard of and the voices of Henstead did not reach. Quisanté Signs of doubtful augury for the most part, but Rossi was in no mood to think of that. The Eternal City For just as the Roman was commencing the encounter, a crow settled suddenly on his helmet, facing the enemy, which, as an augury sent from heaven, the tribune at first received with pleasure. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 They used rites of augury from the slaughter of human victims. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales This initial success, and the unexpected treat of hot bread, raised the spirits of the troops greatly, and was looked upon as a happy augury. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War He recognized these lamps of the empyrean as Mars and Venus, and, up-to-date American though he was, drew comfort from that favoring augury. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York So with omen and augury, as well as the wind dead against us. Border and Bastille Here, when the Capitol was to be freed by the rites of augury, Juventas and Terminus, to the very great joy of our fathers, suffered not themselves to be moved. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 From its being unknown which of them was the elder, they had recourse to augury to decide which of them should have the honour of founding and governing the new city. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales He sacrificed to the pagan gods, rebuilt their temples, revived the practice of augury, or divination, and vainly strove to impose upon the human mind a superstition which it had just thrown off. A Smaller History of Rome This event Bandarini regarded as an augury of evil, and indeed evil followed swiftly after. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study It was afterwards repaired, and made use of for a place of augury: and its situation was close to the temple of Amon. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) There certainly accrued so much honour to augury and the college of augurs, that nothing was undertaken either in peace or war without taking the auspices. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Recourse was had to augury, the day before the wedding, to ascertain whether the married life was to be prosperous. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales |
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