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Should it be decided that the call augurs ill he invariably abandons the trip until the following day when he makes another attempt to secure favorable omens.

The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir

The very title augurs well -- it has no hackneyed sound.

Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle

Being afterwards chosen into the number of priests called augurs, appointed amongst the

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans

Rude people called augurs butchers for good reason, and there was butchery enough waiting for him.

Calde of the Long Sun

Rude people called augurs butchers for good reason, and there was butchery enough waiting for him.

Calde of the Long Sun

The Roman soothsayers were called augurs, and played an important part in the history of the Romans, as no enterprise was ever undertaken without first consulting them with regard to its ultimate success.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

Cicero calls the augurs "interpretes Iovis Optimi maximi" (_de Legibus_, ii. 20), and herein could hardly have made a mistake, as he was himself an augur.

The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus

I know Mr. Kenyon must have observed it, (dear Mr. Kenyon ... for being 'kinder and kindest') and that one of the 'augurs' marvelled at the other!

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett

I know Mr. Kenyon must have observed it, (dear Mr. Kenyon ... for being 'kinder and kindest') and that one of the 'augurs' marvelled at the other!

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846

This definitely kind of augurs well for the agricultural production across the world and even in India.

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