培根散文隨筆集第35章：Of Prophecies 論預言（中英對照）
培根散文隨筆集中英對照，通過閱讀文學名著學語言，是掌握英語的絕佳方法。既可接觸原汁原味的英語，又能享受文學之美，一舉兩得，何樂不為？
對于喜歡閱讀名著的讀者，這是一個最好的時代，因為有成千上萬的書可以選擇；這又是一個不好的時代，因為在浩繁的卷帙中，很難找到適合自己的好書。而培根的散文隨筆，濃縮的不僅僅是文學，還是智慧。相信對閱讀和寫作都有很好的幫助。
35 of prophecies 論預言
i mean not to speak of divine prophecies; nor of heathen oracles; nor of natural
predictions; but only of prophecies, that have been of certain memory, and from hidden causes. saith the pythonissa to saul; tomorrow thou and thy son shall be with me homer hath these verses: at domus aeneae cunctis dominabitur oris, et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis: a prophecy, as it seems, of the roman empire. seneca the tragedian hath these verses: venient annis secula seris, quibus oceanus vincula rerum laxet, et ingens pateat tellus, tiphysque novos detegat orbes; nec sit terris ultima thule: a prophecy of the discovery of america. the daughter of polycrates dreamed that jupiter bathed her father, and apollo anointed him: and it came to pass, that he was crucified in an open place, where the sun made his body run with sweat, and the rain washed it. philip of macedon dreamed, he sealed up his wife's belly: whereby he did expound it, that his wife should be barren: but aristander the soothsayer told him, his wife was with child, because men do not use to seal vessels that are empty.
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