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Sat 25 Dec, 2010 05:51 am
Context:
In consideration of the day and hour of my birth, it was declared by the nurse, and by some sage women in the neighbourhood who had taken a lively interest in me several months before there was any possibility of our becoming personally acquainted, first, that I was destined to be unlucky in life; and secondly, that I was privileged to see ghosts and spirits; both these gifts inevitably attaching, as they believed, to all unlucky infants of either gender, born towards the small hours on a Friday night.
I need say nothing here, on the first head, because nothing can show better than my history whether that prediction was verified or falsified by the result. On the second branch of the question, I will only remark, that unless I ran through that part of my inheritance while I was still a baby, I have not come into it yet. But I do not at all complain of having been kept out of this property; and if anybody else should be in the present enjoyment of it, he is heartily welcome to keep it.
@oristarA,
On the first prediction (ie that he was destined to be unlucky in life.)
@dlowan,
dlowan wrote:
On the first prediction (ie that he was destined to be unlucky in life.)
Thanks.
In "I ran through that part of my inheritance while I was still a baby, I have not come into it yet", what is "inheritace"? It cannot be DNA.
"Come into it" = met the "ghosts?"
In this context, head means the same as a heading. For example, if a group of people were to have a meeting, and had decided to discuss four or five topics, those topics might be referred to as "heads of discussion."
@oristarA,
No, inheritance means the financial or monetary legacy left to David by his father. Come into means to receive or take possession of that inheritance.
@oristarA,
No...he refers to the second prediction...that he would be able to see ghosts and spirits.
He means that unless he used up that putative ability while he was a baby, and therefore cannot recall such sightings, he has as yet seen no such things...ie has not come into his predicted ability to see ghosts and such.
@oristarA,
errr... I have one question
In the beginning, "In consideration of" doesn't mean "as payment for" right ?