"Prediction" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... last wistful thought she forgot all about the incident and the man, for the prediction of Jameson that dusk at the head of Rolling ...
— Tharon of Lost Valley • Vingie E. Roe
... of her character; her youthful figure, her innocence of manner, the glow of beauty, and the crowd of blushing graces which the act developed, together with the joyous exultation of her triumph on reaching her lover's arms, and thus securing to herself and him completion of so delightful a prediction—all, when taken in at one view, rendered her being so irresistibly fascinating, that her lover could scarcely look upon the incident as a real one, but for a moment almost persuaded himself that his beloved Mave had undergone ...
— The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine • William Carleton
... and that we all saw plainly: but it only damaged the cattle pastures, and in no wise hurt the food of man. To me, too, who was attacked by a certain person, he signified that the quarrel would end ere a fortnight was past; and I learned the truth of the prediction by experience. ...
— The Hermits • Charles Kingsley
... made a deep impression on his character, and on his future life. A man's faith must be strong, to fancy that a negative of this nature could carry with it any of the force of a positive, affirmative prediction. Nevertheless, Dirck had spoken the truth, in one respect. It was too late to do anything that night, and it only remained to prepare to take our rest ...
— Satanstoe • James Fenimore Cooper
... performance in New York, saw the length of it and noted the immense amount of nervous energy that each performance used up, I made the prediction that he could not for one year endure such a strain. It was reported to me that he died nine ...
— The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals • William T. Hornaday
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