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Nay, at the Corner of a branch Road, had a Mind to beg Dick to let me goe to London; but a glance at his dogged Countenance sufficed to foreshow my Answer.

From Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary by Manning, Anne

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

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

From Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves by Kent, Cicely

He well may help these warriors," Sir Hagan straight began, "If ever by good fortune he come to be a man; Yet seems the young king's aspect no long life to foreshow.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

There may have been nothing in her early manifestations of character to foreshow the noble womanhood into which she grew.

From Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience by Bellows, Henry W.