Both Uses of
auspices
in
Middlemarch
- I trust we shall meet under less melancholy auspices.†
Chpt 3 *
- A few days afterwards—it was already the end of August—there was an occasion which caused some excitement in Middlemarch: the public, if it chose, was to have the advantage of buying, under the distinguished auspices of Mr. Borthrop Trumbull, the furniture, books, and pictures which anybody might see by the handbills to be the best in every kind, belonging to Edwin Larcher, Esq. This was not one of the sales indicating the depression of trade; on the contrary, it was due to Mr.…†
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(auspices as in: under the auspices of) with oversight and favor