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That the sun should be sometimes eclipsed even the vulgar understood to be in some way due to the moon intercepting its light: but what body could intercept the moon's light, so that suddenly the full moon should pale its light and alter its colour, they could not explain, but thought that it was a sinister omen and portended some great calamity.
The gods would reveal themselves indirectly by means of pictures or symbols, and it would require the services of a priest again to interpret such symbols or omens. The gods were asked to send such dreams as might receive a favorable interpretation, and when a dream came unsolicited, the gods were implored to convert the dream into a favorable omen.
As the work progressed, they continued to "pile on the agony," until, at the close, the very fact that the statue of the Goddess of Liberty on the Capitol, is of a bronze tint, is looked upon as an omen of the color of the future American!
He made, with a serious visage, the gesture of crossed fingers that exorcises an evil spirit. "Absit omen!" he muttered, with a dour glance over shoulder at the retreating figure of his mortal enemy. "Why," she laughed incredulously, "you're not afraid?" Forcing a wry grin, he mocked a shudder. "Some irreverent body walked over the grave of me." "You're superstitious!"
But surely, it is with ill omen that the human creature advances into life without such a thought. He should in the opening of his faculties receive intimations, that something more belongs to his existence than what he is about to-day, and what he may be about to-morrow.
The prophecy of Tohomish was evaded, the fall of the Bridge wrested into an omen propitious to the Willamettes; and at last his hearers found themselves believing as he wished them to believe, without knowing how or why, so strongly did the overmastering personality of Multnomah penetrate and sway their lesser natures.
A large bell is ringing, and so is my heart. I mean it's beating. Good-bye, dearest. I'll write again to-morrow or rather to-day, for it's a lovely sunrise, like a good omen when we get settled somewhere. I believe we're going to a London hotel. Yes, stewardess. Oh, I ought to have said that to her, instead of writing it to you. She interrupted. Love love. Your Audrie, Their Ellaline.
Tenderest of brothers! bravest and best and most unfortunate of men! What, in the name of heaven! so bewilders you? Tasso. Sister! sister! sister! I could not save her. Cornelia. Certainly it was a sad event; and they who are out of spirits may be ready to take it for an evil omen. At this season of the year the vintagers are joyous and negligent. Tasso. How! what is this? Cornelia.
Now, as to lights in the skies and sounds by night moving in various directions and solitary birds descending into the Forum, it is perhaps not worth while recording these with reference to so important an event: but Strabo the Philosopher relates that many men all of fire were seen contending against one another, and that a soldier's slave emitted a great flame from his hand and appeared to the spectators to be burning, but when the flame went out, the man had sustained no harm; and while Cæsar himself was sacrificing the heart of the victim could not be found, and this was considered a bad omen, for naturally an animal without a heart cannot exist.
Got from the Court at half-twelve, and walked to the extremity of Heriot Row to see poor Lady Don; left my card as she does not receive any one. I am glad this painful meeting is adjourned. I received to-day £10 from Blackwood for the article on The Omen.
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