Prophecy

(noun.) knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source).

(noun.) a prediction uttered under divine inspiration.

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• The shrewd prophecy is made that gas will be manufactured less for lighting, as the result of electrical competition, and more and more for heating, etc. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• How wonderful is prophecy! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Sherlock Holmes's prophecy was soon fulfilled, and in a dramatic fashion. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Truly it fulfils the prophecy so gracefully expressed in the verses quoted, and has become the common bond of union among the nations of the earth. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Experience would cease to be an adventure in order to become the monotonous fulfilment of a perfect prophecy. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• And the Brahmins caused the prophecy to be written over the gates of the shrine in letters of gold. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• If I may turn for a moment from description to prophecy, it is to say that this equilibrium will not hold for very long. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Raymond had spoken, thoughtless of her presence, and she, poor child, heard with terror and faith the prophecy of his death. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• But the cruelest habit the modern prophecy-savans have, is that one of coolly and arbitrarily fitting the prophetic shirt on to the wrong man. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Prophecy of Dr. Darwin in Eighteenth Century. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• But with the broadening of ideas that came with the Captivity, the tenour of prophecy broadens and changes. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The fashion of delving out fulfillments of prophecy where that prophecy consists of mere ifs, trenches upon the absurd. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The work of Bryan has been to express a certain feeling of unrest--to embody it in the traditional language of prophecy. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• There are ponderous archways down there, also, over which the destroying plough of prophecy passed harmless. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But the _Clermont_, in spite of all prophecies to the contrary, had traveled under her own steam from New York to Albany, and the trip was the crowning event in Fulton’s career as inventor. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Death on the cards, love in the stars, and the muttered prophecies of crouching hags, terrified at the omen of flying bat, of shrieking night-bird. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Those prophecies are distinctly leveled at the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, etc. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I suppose Robert Moore's prophecies were, partially at least, fulfilled. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But through some of the prophecies there runs already a note like the note of what we call nowadays a social reformer. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The prophecies of the French partisans began to pass for facts. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He is the more likely to attempt the fulfilment of his own prophecies. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Don't dwell so much on the prophecies, but read the clearer parts of the Bible. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The prophecies of Roger Bacon began to live in reality. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Our prophecies of change are subjective wishes or fears that never come to full realization. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• They found out prophecies of the crucifixion in the prophets--the Gospel of Matthew is particularly insistent upon these prophecies. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• With painful earnestness he questioned me concerning her prophecies with regard to him. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The first of Sergeant Cuff's prophecies of what was to happen--namely, that I should hear from the Yollands--came true on that day. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.

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