Example Sentences

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He is "laudator temporis acti"—a "prophesier of things past."

From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by Hazlitt, William

Why is a bad gimlet like a prophesier of ill events?

From The Handbook of Conundrums by Ordway, Edith B.

Then Milo laughed and said, Verily we nourish a Sybel prophesier, which by the view of a candle doth divine of Celestiall things, and of the Sunne it selfe.

From The Golden Asse by Adlington, William, fl. 1566

A prophesier of false things for since many a year hast thou been prophesying the downfall of this city, and now, when thy prophecy has come true, thou sorrowest and mournest.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Radin, Paul

"I must say you are not a prophesier of 'smooth things'" said Mrs. Elwyn, "but still, I hope the dismal things you have hinted at may not come to pass."

From Lewie Or, The Bended Twig by Bradford, Sarah H. (Sarah Hopkins)