Word: prophetic
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...remarked that the quotation, "A prophet," etc., is from the New Testament, - quite a different thing from the "Hebrew Scripture...
...sometimes said that a student, like a prophet, "is not without honor except in his own country"; more often, I think, the reverse is true, and that outside of the academical town a student is considered, no matter what his age and how dignified his bearing, as "a boy not yet out of college." The inability of collegians, especially members of the younger colleges, to understand that they are considered as of comparatively little importance, except by the juvenile portion of society, causes much amusement to their elders. Not that I would have the Freshman who entered college in June...
...reach. In the foreground Lord Nelsing in the hagonies of death, and yet a-sayin' to the coxswain, who says, "Can I do anythink, Lord Nelsing?" says he. "Nothink," says his lordship, quite hearty-like, and dies. SCENE NO. 3: The Pelican of the Desert, as mentioned by the Prophet Job in the Hacts of the Apostles, derived from two Latin words - peli, fish, and can, can - signifying fish-can. By some commentators thought to mean that he can manage fish; but by others supposed to refer to the size of his enormous bill, on vich he carries home...
...Pharaoh's daughter like a speculator in the recent financial panic? Because she found (a) little prophet in the rushes on the bank...
...holier place than where the prophet fell...