Oracles

Examples

• An ancient land in ancient oracles Is called law-thirsty: all the struggle there Was after order and a perfect rule. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The heathen mythology, the Sybilline oracles, the myths of Plato, the dreams of Neo-Platonists are equally regarded by him as matter of fact. Plato. The Republic.
• The prophets danced, it would seem, somewhat after the Dervish fashion, and uttered oracles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• All oracles were at the tombs of Heroes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• All she questioned responded by oracles. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But Greece, like most of the Eastern world in the thousand years B.C., was much addicted to consulting _oracles_ or soothsayers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He then made trial of the various oracles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If they are true oracles, it is good never to fall in love. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Her words were oracles to him, her smallest actions marked by an infallible grace and wisdom. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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