augury
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The most notable of these vaticinations was "the Augury of the Hogs", Page 324 which he practised by the advice of a certain Jewish magician.
From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Hodgkin, Thomas
See also Sayce, Babylonian Augury by means of Geometrical Figures, in the Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archæology, vol. iv. p.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
The Latin alludes to Augury, and very justly ridicules the Folly of Divination by the Flight of Birds.
From The Lovers Assistant, or, New Art of Love by Fielding, Henry
Augury from fowls of air Back to Tuscan gramarye dates.
From Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces by Various
Geomancy, Augury, Divination, 250;various kinds of divination; cards, the palm, the rod, &c.,
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Mackay, Charles
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