Word: foretold
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...story tells how Helga, the fair, daughter of Thorstein, was beloved by two Norsmen who sought her in marriage. Being unable to settle the matter, they engaged in a duel, from the effect of which both died, whereupon Helga married another of her suitors. All of this had been foretold to her father in a wonderful dream. Mr. Babbitt read directly from the Norse, and his language was always clear and forcible...
...startling announcement was made to the people of this country that Delphi was for sale. As every one knows, Delphi is the seat of the most famous oracle in the world, that of Apollo, in Greece. From it the people of Greece were accustomed to hear their destinies foretold in verse. All placed implicit confidence in the utterances of the divine goddess, whose predictions were singularly accurate. It was once the most wealthy spot in all Greece, and now presents a field of singular fruitfulness for the work of modern excavators...
...when it appeared was one of pure mockery by reason of the storm which in a few hours had made a snow field out of a race course. If we had only labelled our item, "Weather Indications" the error would have been in no wise surprising, and would have foretold stormy weather quite as accurately as any prophesy of a "probably fair day" in a Boston daily. But all this snow that now covers Holmes and the college yard generally brings forebodings to the mind of the Harvard student. Recognizing the fickleness of the weather clerk for the regions about...
...ordinary reader, it is stated by Professor Trowbridge's assistant that a change in the direction of the wind is often indicated several hours, frequently four or five in advance, by a change in the electric potential of the air. Rainy weather and coming storms are also foretold by the changes, but the observations are not yet full enough to lead to any decided statements. Observations are also being made with a view to determining what influence altitude has to do on the electric charge of the air, and instruments have already been placed...