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These our actors / As I foretold you, were all spirits and / Are melted into air, into thin air".
These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air.
Also in this article: About the artist "These our actors,/ as I foretold you, were all spirits and/ are melted into air, into thin air... ...... says Prospero in The Tempest.
These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.
These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air: And like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.
These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into the air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Ye all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.
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The next morning, just as I read many years before during my childhood in Bogota, the magical realism of "Chronicle of a Death Foretold", one of the best novels by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, came to life as soon as we stepped out of the "kervansaray" hotel, because a trail of blood was running freely everywhere you went in the old city.
These our actors/as I foretold you, were all spirits/and are melted into air, into thin air… We are such stuff/as dreams are made on; and our little life/is rounded with a sleep".
Twenty-five years pass, and Pulikecei is now the king of Cholapuram Paalayam, and as foretold , is foolish as well as lecherous.
Read as foretold "...out of Egypt I called my son... ...... by (Hosea 11 1 & 2)..out of Egypt I called my son... ...... by (Hosea 11 1 & 2) "...the Lord himself will give you a sign: a virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name 'Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted He is God with us".
As awesome as the Foretold was when stalking and killing, the only downside here was that the reveal of its true nature was just a bit underwhelming.
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The phrase "as I foretold " functions as a conjunction phrase, linking a past statement or prediction made by the speaker to a present outcome. It serves to emphasize the speaker's foresight or knowledge of the situation, as confirmed by Ludwig.
Expression frequency: Uncommon
