All 3 Uses of
prophetic
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- "The Blood Drinker," ' added Mr Crummles with a prophetic sigh, ' "The Blood Drinker" will die with that girl; and she's the only sylph I ever saw, who could stand upon one leg, and play the tambourine on her other knee, LIKE a sylph.'†
Chpt 25 *
- With such triumphs of aerial architecture did Mrs Nickleby occupy the whole evening after her accidental introduction to Ralph's titled friends; and dreams, no less prophetic and equally promising, haunted her sleep that night.†
Chpt 27
- Before many years elapsed, the business began to be carried on in the names of 'Cheeryble and Nickleby,' so that Mrs Nickleby's prophetic anticipations were realised at last.†
Chpt 65
Definition:
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(prophetic) foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention