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Second Sight

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The power of seeing things invisible to others; the power of foreseeing future events by means of shadows thrown before them. Many Highlanders claim this power, which the ancient Gaels called shadow-sight (taischitaraugh).

Nor less availed his optic sleight,

And Scottish gift of second sight.”


Trumbull.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Sebastianistes
Second
Second-hand
Second Sight
Second Wind (The)
Second of Time (A)
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Secret de Polichinelle (Le)
Secular Clergy (The)
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