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Being a Journal of an Expedition undertaken under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the Years 1849-1855.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 by Various
We left Inverness the last Day of April, and encamp'd near a little Town call'd Forrest, the Place where, as Tradition still confidently avers, the Witches met Mackbeth, and greeted him with their diabolical Auspices.
From Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton by Defoe, Daniel
I must have the History of all previous Bond Issues under the same Auspices.
From Knocking the Neighbors by Ade, George
Carthage and her Remains: Being an Account of the Excavations and Researches on the Site of the Phœnician Metropolis in Africa and other adjacent Places, under the Auspices of Her Majesty’s Government.
From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)
There was a book on the Auspices, which, coming from the head of the Roman religion, would have thrown a light much to be desired on this curious subject.
From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony
