Verily we nourish a Sybel prophesier, which by the view of a candle doth divine of Celestiall things, and of the Sunne it selfe. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Asse] Reference
In middle life, if the individual worker for better things is not merely a prophesier but has become an actual agent for the realization of his ideal in practical achievement, he suffers many a disillusion, not in respect to his ideal, but in respect to the ease of working it into the body politic or into the compelling purpose of the social mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Family and it's Members] Reference
Glyndowr were unwisely made believe by a Welsh prophesier that King. From Wordnik.com. [Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth] Reference
Come, bring forth this counterfeit model: he has deceived me, like a double-meaning prophesier. From Wordnik.com. [Act IV. Scene III. Alls Well that Ends Well] Reference
Come, bring forth this counterfeit module, he has deceived me, like a double-meaning prophesier. From Wordnik.com. [All's Well That Ends Well] Reference
Then Milo laughed and said, Verily we nourish a Sybel prophesier, which by the view of a candle doth divine of Celestiall things, and of the Sunne it selfe. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Asse] Reference
A prophesier of false things for since many a year hast thou been prophesying the downfall of this city, and now, when thy prophecy has come true, thou sorrowest and mournest. From Wordnik.com. [The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4] Reference
Having once been deceived, she never ceased to suspect, and, which was still worse, she even strove (from the best of motives, as she believed) to excite suspicion and discomfort in the minds of others; and, notwithstanding her well-known character as a prophesier of evil things, she did sometimes succeed in making people unhappy. From Wordnik.com. [The Orphans of Glen Elder] Reference
Debt consolidation injured,conquest prophesier minors. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Please change your volokh.blogspot.com links:] Reference
Finally, Nebuzaradan said to Jeremiah: "Lo, thou art one of three things; either thou are a prophesier of false things, or thou art a despiser of suffering, or thou art a shedder of blood. From Wordnik.com. [The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4] Reference
If no one else had trumpeted them abroad, at least one man spoke out the whole truth and nothing but the truth about it in the last century: Francis, the great Social Reformer -- Francis Newman, who was no time-server, no prophesier of smooth things; but, as much as in him lay, desired more than anything else to lay the whole unvarnished truth before his fellow men, things that concerned the weaker members of the community. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference
A prophesier?. From Wordnik.com. [Eye] Reference
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