Intimation

One death after another, in which I have an interest more or less deep, has followed, till it is borne in on me that every Letter I receive, especially in an unknown handwriting, must be either an "Intimation," or news of deadly illness!

New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1893

Intimation had been sent from the palace to Dr Tempest of

The Last Chronicle of Barset 2004

Pop-up large image nor any Intimation of their Pleasure for the future.

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 June 1783 1993

It was long before I had the least Intimation of the Distress of the Family, and I fear, that your not receiving so many Letters from me as usual may have been one Cause of Infelicity to you.

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 October 1775 1963

-- The Intelligence they contain, came upon me by Surprize, as I never had the least Intimation before, that any of my Family was ill, excepting in a Card from Mrs. Warren received a few days ago, in which she informed me that Mrs. Adams had been unwell but was better.

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 October 1775 1963

But your Letter was the first Intimation that another Tribe more numerous and powerfull than all the rest were grown discontented.

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 April 1776 1963

I received from Mr. Gill an Intimation, that a Letter from me would not be disagreable to you,

John Adams diary 15, 30 January 1768, 10 August 1769 - 22 August 1770 1961

I was so little read in the Law of Nations and the Negotiations of Ambassadors, and had so little Experience in the World, or to Use one of his own Expressions on another Occasion, so much Bonhommie, that upon the Intimation in his Letter,

John Adams autobiography, part 3, "Peace," 1779-1780 1961

Person, I would here mention his Name, had I leave for so doing; but at present this Intimation must suffice.

The London and Country Brewer Anonymous

Reason, in a shrewd Intimation, in cunningly diverting, or cleverly retorting an Objection: Sometimes it is couched in a bold Scheme of Speech, in a tart Irony, in a lusty Hyperbole, in a startling Metaphor, in a plausible Reconciling of

An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) Corbyn Morris