Tacitus says the Suevi maintained white horses in the several woods at the public charge, to draw omens from them; and there are to this day vestiges in England of some superstition relative to white horses, and of supposed Danish origin.

"II've seen omens enough.

The youth reads omens where he goes, And speaks all languages, the rose.

Antony was given omens of defeat beforehand by the children in Rome; without any one's having suggested it they formed two parties, of which one called itself the Antonians and the other the Caesarians, and they fought with each other for two days, when those that bore Antony's name were defeated.

Thus while he stood, and, sighing, did survey The fields, and cursed the ill omens of the day, He saw Menalcas come with heavy pace; 10 Wet were his eyes, and cheerless was his face: He wrung his hands, distracted with his care, And sent his voice before him from afar.

It would be difficult to descry good omens, be the issue what it will.

[-11-] Disregarding such omens as had appeared to them they neither felt fear nor displayed less hostility but spent the winter in employing spies and annoying each other.

"And father found Beulah; and father found the house, and father blessed it and loved it and named it; that makes ever so many more good omens, more than enough to start housekeeping on," Nancy answered, kissing her mother goodnight.

They have many physiognomists and soothsayers, who observe omens from birds and beasts, and other signs.

The next day dawned, and with it occurred omens full of meaning to the superstitious Romans.

The time of Háfiz passed in joy: To friends I brought For fortune and the days of life The omens that they sought.

Never before have the skies presented such inauspicious omens.

Phoebus sends Auspicious omens, and fulfils his word,

At his nativity there appeared omens of his future greatness.

As the sight grew useless, except as it might study the dark omens of the impending vault, the sense of hearing became doubly acute, and it had been a powerful agent in heightening the vague but acute apprehensions of the travellers.

"The moment he caught sight of his betrothed," say the Flemish chroniclers, "they both bent down to the ground and turned as pale as deatha sign of mutual love according to some, an omen of unhappiness according to others.

His dumb terror brought back to Wade's mind all the bad omens of the morning.

They appease the Brahmans with costly gifts'thereby countering evil omens, gaining the road to happiness and ensuring rebirth at a higher level.'