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There seems to be no authority for the statement sometimes made that after the death of his son Willie, Lincoln showed a tendency to believe in the doctrines of spiritualism. He was not free, however, from a belief in the significance of dreams as portending important events. He was also not a little of a fatalist, as he himself once stated to his friend Arnold.
They had an extraordinary ability to drop out of sight, to draw a veil before them so completely that no Union scout or skirmisher could penetrate it. And these disappearances were always full of sinister omens, portending a terrible attack from an unknown quarter. But when Dick looked upon the great and brave Army of the Potomac, nearly a hundred thousand strong, his apprehensions disappeared.
And for an instant as their eyes met Harlan's level and cold, Deveny's aflame with a hostility unmistakable the crowd which had witnessed the shooting of Laskar again became motionless, while a silence, portending further violence, descended over the street. Then Deveny abruptly wheeled and began to walk across to the First Chance.
The darkness of the night had set in; but it was relieved by a somewhat faint and mist-clad moon, and some few and scattered stars, over which rolled, fleetly, thick clouds, portending rain.
It hides a world unknown. If a sun is to rise on that world, then not even a false dawn yet shows. When we stand peering into our night, where the sound of rain and wind is like nothing the memory knows, and may be even the dark tumult portending a day of wrath, we may turn again in solitude to what is left to us, to our books; but not with quiet content. To-morrow we may pull ourselves together.
Those who were attached to Paganism, prompted by their aruspices, pronounced it to be a most inauspicious omen, portending the most unfortunate events; but it made a different impression on the emperor's mind; who, as the account goes, was farther encouraged by visions the same night. 18.
The incantations themselves, consisting of fervent appeals to remove the evil, actual or portending, are preceded by certain ceremonies, the burning of incense, the pouring out of some drink, or by symbolical acts, as the binding of cords; and the god is appealed to once more to answer the prayer.
The sessions of Congress were occupied in the manufacture of political capital; for a cloud had arisen in the political heavens, portending storms and animosities, and the discussion of important subjects of national scope, such as had not agitated the country before, pertaining to finances, to tariffs, to constitutional limitations, to retrenchments, and innovations.
Portending some great danger, these omens have appeared all around, indicating a fearful battle. When Yudhishthira said this, his beloved queen, the high-minded Krishna of sweet smiles, answered him, in order to remove his anxiety. 'O king, that Saugandhika lotus which to-day had been brought by the wind.
He looked sad and terrified, and before any of the crew had spoken a word, Dandy was fully assured that a storm was brewing. "Massa Raybone done send us down to fotch you up," said Cyd, gloomily. "What's the matter, Cyd?" demanded Dandy, trying to be cheerful in the face of these portending clouds of darkness.
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