Writing the words L'Empereur Napoleon in numbers, it appears that the sum of them is 666, and that Napoleon therefore the beast
foretold in the Apocalypse.
He
foretold mysteries about my birth and future kingship that were twenty years away."
To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle
foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother.
The 'Deus ex Machina' should be employed only for events external to the drama,--for antecedent or subsequent events, which lie beyond the range of human knowledge, and which require to be reported or
foretold; for to the gods we ascribe the power of seeing all things.
You
foretold how it would be when I first came to Langford, and Mainwaring is so uncommonly pleasing that I was not without apprehensions for myself.
A messenger from God
foretold thy birth Conceived in me a virgin; he
foretold Thou shouldst be great, and sit on David's throne, And of thy kingdom there should be no end.
Surely the wickedness of falsehood, and breach of faith, cannot possibly be so highly expressed, as in that it shall be the last peal, to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men; it being
foretold, that when Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the earth.
there will be plenty of pasture there this year." To their minds an earthquake
foretold rain as surely as rain
foretold abundant pasture.
Assembl'd Angels, and ye Powers return'd From unsuccessful charge, be not dismaid, Nor troubl'd at these tidings from the Earth, Which your sincerest care could not prevent, Foretold so lately what would come to pass, When first this Tempter cross'd the Gulf from Hell.
So spake this Oracle, then verifi'd When JESUS son of MARY second EVE, Saw Satan fall like Lightning down from Heav'n, Prince of the Aire; then rising from his Grave Spoild Principalities and Powers, triumpht In open shew, and with ascention bright Captivity led captive through the Aire, The Realme it self of Satan long usurpt, Whom he shall tread at last under our feet; Eevn hee who now foretold his fatal bruise, And to the Woman thus his Sentence turn'd.
Remember with what mild And gracious temper he both heard and judg'd Without wrauth or reviling; wee expected Immediate dissolution, which we thought Was meant by Death that day, when lo, to thee Pains onely in Child-bearing were foretold, And bringing forth, soon recompenc't with joy, Fruit of thy Womb: On mee the Curse aslope Glanc'd on the ground, with labour I must earne My bread; what harm?
I could not forgive her for becoming an object of pity, while Lena Lingard, for whom people had always
foretold trouble, was now the leading dressmaker of Lincoln, much respected in Black Hawk.