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I recall but one stanza:—  "Oft have I walked these woodland         ways,    Without the blest foreknowing,    That underneath the withered leaves    The fairest flowers were blowing."

From The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton by Burroughs, John

But the foreknowing Asas knew in advance that he was coming, and resolved to receive him with all sorts of sorcery, which might give him a high opinion of them.

From Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Ph.D.

Many a time of late Has he, by some strange gift of foreknowing, Declared his fate was hovering in such wise!

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

"Skroppa herself could not be foreknowing about him!"

From The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest by Liljencrantz, Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina)

But this, thou wilt say, is the very point in dispute—whether any foreknowing is possible of things whose occurrence is not necessary.

From The Consolation of Philosophy by James, H. R. (Henry Rosher)