Download or read book Nixon's Cheshire Prophecies written by Robert Nixon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Nixon's Cheshire Prophecies: Reprinted and Edited From the Best Sources, and Including a Copy of the Prophecy From an Unpublished Manuscript, With an Introductory Essay on Popular Prophecies It is Cicero who says I know of no nation whatever, however civilised and learned, or however barbarous and savage, which does not believe it possible that future events may be indicated, and understood, and predicted, by certain persons. It is certain that in every age there have been persons either claiming, or credited with a mysterious power of foreseeing the future course of events. Amongst the ancients prophecy was in high repute, and very remarkable instances of the fulfilment of pro phecy are given by the classical writers. In many of the ancient prophecies, an ambiguity in the terms led to the expectation of a different event from that by which it was fulfilled. It was announced to Cambyses that he would die at Ecbatana, by which he under stood the celebrated Median city, whereas he really ended his days at an out-of-the-way Ecbatana in Syria. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.