| A brace of dead geese, embodying the classical Roman method of augury, act as an image of mortality. |
| Nor could any augury be made as to the final issue of this fratricidal strife. |
| If the augury was propitious the work was entered upon with vigor and confidence. |
| Apollonius' superstitious audience were greatly struck by this conduct of the sparrows and thought it was an augury of some important matter. |
| This form of divination, so well known to the Romans, is still kept in remembrance by the use of the words augury and auspice. |
| Short of slaughtering a wild animal and rummaging about in its entrails, every sign, portent and augury had been examined beforehand. |
