futurity

• Being wholly intent on futurity, the bustle and tumults of a busy metropolis became so irksome that he supplicated Urban for leave to retire; and, having obtained it, left Rome, and immediately seeking the wilds of Calabria, there sequestered himself in a lonely hermitage, calmly expecting his last moments. —  Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents
• Pray tell me a little of your Ladyship's futurity, and whether you will deign to pass through London TO THE REV. WILLIAM COLE Antiquaries and authors Arlington Street, 27 April , 1773 Mr. Gough wants to be introduced to me! —  Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries)
• It lifts the shadowy veil of futurity, and affords us a view of the golden prospects of Duluth far along the dim vista of ages yet to come If gentlemen will examine it, they will find Duluth not only in the centre of the map, but represented in the centre of a series of concentric circles, one hundred miles apart, and some of them as much as four thousand miles in diameter, embracing alike in their tremendous sweep the fragrant savannas of the sun-lit South and the eternal solitudes of snow that mantle the ice-bound North. —  The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X)
• All men’s eyes are forward to futurity, and often men prejudice themselves of their present enjoyments, by the gaping expectation of, and looking after things to come. —  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
• It is you who must determine with respect to futurity--and, when you have, I will act accordingly--I mean, we must either resolve to live together, or part for ever, I cannot bear these continual struggles--But I wish you to examine carefully your own heart and mind; and, if you perceive the least chance of being happier without me than with me, or if your inclination leans capriciously to that side, do not dissemble; but tell me frankly that you will never see me more. —  Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

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