The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (95 page)

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COMING events cast their shadows before
1803
Poetical Works
(1907) 159
'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical love, And coming events cast their shadows before.
1857
Barchester Towers
II. v.
The coming event of Mr. Quiverful's transference to Barchester produced a delicious shadow in the shape of a new outfit for Mrs. Quiverful.
1979
Shikasta
231
‘Coming events cast their shadows before.’ This Shikastan [Earthly] observation was of particular appropriateness during an epoch when the tempo of events was so speeded up.
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