Both Uses of
herald
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Mrs. Southcott had recently attained her five-and-twentieth blessed birthday, of whom a prophetic private in the Life Guards had heralded the sublime appearance by announcing that arrangements were made for the swallowing up of London and Westminster.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- Heralded by a courier in advance, and by the cracking of his postilions' whips, which twined snake-like about their heads in the evening air, as if he came attended by the Furies, Monsieur the Marquis drew up in his travelling carriage at the posting-house gate.†
Chpt 2.8
Definition:
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(herald as in: heralds the coming of...) a sign that something will happen -- especially something important and good
or:
announce or welcome -- especially with enthusiasm