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(Homericae, Virgilianae, Biblicae) fortune-telling by taking random passages from a book (as Iliad, Aeneid, or the Bible). [Eur. Culture: Collier’s, VII, 683]
See : Prophecy


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[Dans la nature, une PRINCIPAUTE] appercevra un arsenal muny de toutes sortes d'armes necessaires pour attaquer & deffaire les cruels tyrans de nos corps, pour combattre et chasser les ennemis jurez de notre sante, qui nous viennent a chaque bout de champ dresser des embuscades, pour nous surprendre, & qui font mesme la guerre ouverte pour empieter sur nous, & troubler l'estat de nostre disposition naturelle.
Barnes, "Ces Sortes de Penitence Imaginaires: The Counter Reformation Assault on Communitas," in Andrew Barnes and Peter Stearns, eds.
Very mete to be used of all sortes of people': the Remarkable Popularity of the 'Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalter.
 
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