foreshow

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Could it read their gentle lines, and foreshow by any ripple of its own, the destiny of her who looked upon it?

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

Tell.Ev'ry day such actions Occur in plenty: needs no sign or wonder To foreshow them.

From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Carlyle, Thomas

I behold the day-break, I foreshow, that the sun, is about to rise.

From The Confessions of St. Augustine by Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie)

Pyramids.—These foreshow attainment to honour, fame and wealth.

From Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves by Kent, Cicely

To foreshow the sins to be treated on the three upper terraces, where are punished those who yielded to the sins of the body, Dante represents himself as tempted by a Siren.

From Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 by Slattery, John T. (John Theodore)