omens

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I would, the omen's truth to show, That I could meet this elfin foe!

From Marmion by Morley, Henry

Let Caius Flaminius be absent from your thoughts, even for the omen's sake.

From The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Livius, Titus

Brass was their wealth of old; though now the better omen's gold, And the new metal from the field has fairly beat the old.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various