auspices

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Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: being a Journal of an Expedition undertaken under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the Years 1849–1855.

From Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 by Doubleday, Abner

We left Inverness the last Day of April, and encamp'd near a little Town call'd Forrest, the Place where, as Tradition still confidently avers, the Witches met Mackbeth, and greeted him with their diabolical Auspices.

From Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton by Defoe, Daniel

How was the right of taking the Auspices abused?

From Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. by Pinnock, William

Under the Auspices of the Superintendent of Common      Schools.

From Famous Americans of Recent Times by Parton, James

Being a Journal of an Expedition undertaken under the Auspices of H.B.M.’s Government in the Years 1849-1855.

From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)