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Definition of Harbingered
1. harbinger [v] - See also: harbinger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harbingered
Literary usage of Harbingered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1916)
"... the definitely Victorian poetry (harbingered before strictly Victorian times,
but carried out in them) by Tennyson, the Brownings and their followers. ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... harbingered by fierce acclaim, 21* That from the shroud of smoke and flame
Pealed wildly the imperial name. XII But on the British heart were lost The ..."
3. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1903)
"... the last decade that I confidently hope to see realized some advances that
are harbingered by present attainments. I. Insufficient accommodations. ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"In one dark torrent broad and strong The advancing onset rolled along, Forth
harbingered by fierce acclaim, 2ra That from the shroud of smoke and flame ..."
5. Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1908)
"This anthem harbingered the gay sports of youth, the unchecked happiness of spring
festivity. Recollection now holds me back, with childlike feeling, ..."
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