Presage

Proud men are frequently most proud, and insolent, and haughty, just before their destruction, so that it is a certain presage that they are upon the brink of it. ❋ Unknown (1721)

Note, Pride will have a fall; it is the certain presage and forerunner of it. ❋ Unknown (1721)

He is haughty and imperious: He is a proud man, and his pride is a certain presage of his fall coming on. ❋ Unknown (1721)

Does the creation of such an enlightened tag presage a whole series of such musings? ❋ Ms Robinson (2008)

As Mrs Varden distinctly heard, and was intended to hear, all that Miggs said, and as these words appeared to convey in metaphorical terms a presage or foreboding that she would at some early period droop beneath her trials and take an easy flight towards the stars, she immediately began to languish, and taking a volume of the Manual from a neighbouring table, leant her arm upon it as though she were Hope and that her Anchor. ❋ Unknown (2007)

As Mrs Varden distinctly heard, and was intended to hear, all that Miggs said, and as these words appeared to convey in metaphorical terms a presage or foreboding that she would at some early period droop beneath her trials and take an easy flight towards the stars, she immediately began to languish, and taking a volume of the Manual from a neighbouring table, leant her arm upon it as though she were Hope and that her ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)

As Mrs. Varden distinctly heard, and was intended to hear, all that Miggs said, and as these words appeared to convey in metaphorical terms a presage or foreboding that she would at some early period droop beneath her trials and take an easy flight towards the stars, she immediately began to languish, and taking a volume of the Manual from a neighbouring table, leant her arm upon it as though she were Hope and that her Anchor. ❋ Unknown (1840)

This funeral rite was a kind of presage of, or prelude to, his death approaching. ❋ Unknown (1721)

I wish,” she added, with that love of evil presage which is common in the lower ranks, ❋ Unknown (2008)

I wish, "she added, with that love of evil presage which is common in the lower ranks," that Miss Clara may be well, for I never knew her sleep so sound. " ❋ Walter Scott (1801)

She was here on a sudden struck with a kind of presage of his future fate: she tenderly embraced him; she bedewed him with her tears; and bidding him an eternal adieu, delivered him, with many expressions of regret and reluctance, into their custody. [ ❋ David Hume (1743)

This was to presage a dominant theme that was to emerge in the next two years in the Western media. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The only remaining question is whether the economic slowdown will presage a deeper transformation of the Chinese political and economic system and the manner by which this transformation will occur. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The figures come two days after the government surprised many with its first interest rate rise in almost three years, which some thought might presage higher inflation figures today. ❋ Tania Branigan In Beijing (2010)

You hear rumblings now and are left feeling uneasy when you contemplate what they presage. ❋ Leo Averbach (2011)

How judges in Florida, at the epicenter of the foreclosure crisis, strike a balance could presage how courts elsewhere in the country will grapple with the mortgage meltdown's latest challenge for homeowners, financial firms and the broader economy. ❋ Ezra Klein (2010)

The withdrawal represents the biggest single reverse of Murdoch's mercurial career, but may presage even further commercial damage not just in the UK, but worldwide. ❋ Unknown (2011)