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Do not the hist'ries of all ages Relate miraculous presages Of strange turns in the world's affairs, Foreseen by astrologers, soothsayers, Chaldeans, learned genethliacs, And some that have writ almanacks?

From Guy Mannering — Complete by Scott, Walter, Sir

"Foreseen and foretold!" returned the other, in a manner to show that her faith in the professional prescience of the stranger was not altogether so unbounded as that of her more youthful and ardent companion.

From The Red Rover by Cooper, James Fenimore

"Do not the hist'ries of all ages Relate miraculous presages, Of strange turns in the world's affairs, Foreseen by astrologers, soothsayers, Chaldeans, learned genethliacs, And some that have writ almanacs?"

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

These Fate reserved to grace thy reign divine, Foreseen by me, but ah! withheld from mine.

From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Gilfillan, George

Foreseen in the vision of sages, Foretold when martyrs bled, She was born of the longing of ages, By the truth of the noble dead And the faith of the living fed!

From America First Patriotic Readings by McBrien, Jasper Leonidas