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This fable Æsope reporteth, premonishing men to beware of lighte hope, and vaine truste, to be reposed in frends and kinsfolke.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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Hardly ten turns did he make, for at the first little twinges of pain, premonishing the agonies to come, the caitiff chattered in terror promises to do all the doctor should order, and so was released.
The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton Wardon Allan Curtis 1903
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Few persons now shudder at a volcanic eruption as a premonishing message freshly belched from hell. 16 In fact, the old belief in a local physical hell within the earth has almost gone from the public mind of to day.
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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