"Omniscient" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... married to Count Al——. I was astonished to hear M. de Saa observe that he had known all about Pauline from the moment she arrived in London. That is the hobby of all diplomatists; they like people to believe that they are omniscient. However, M. de Saa was a man of worth and talent, and one could excuse this weakness as an incident inseparable from his profession; while most diplomatists only make themselves ridiculous by ...
— The Memoires of Casanova, Complete • Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
... carried off only female babes and occasionally women of the Galus who had "come up from the beginning." It was all very mysterious and unfathomable, but I got the idea that the Wieroo were creatures of imagination—the demons or gods of her race, omniscient and omnipresent. This led me to assume that the Galus had a religious sense, and further questioning brought out the fact that such was the case. Ajor spoke in tones of reverence of Luata, the god of heat and life. The word is derived from two others: Lua, ...
— The People that Time Forgot • Edgar Rice Burroughs
... know who Daedalus was or you would have answered back. What kind of an omniscient editor are you going to make, think you? Never mind, Daedalus is dead; and, anyway, Edison has beaten ...
— Jewel Weed • Alice Ames Winter
... the coalheaver, beloved of his God, but abhorred of men. The Omniscient Judge at the grand assize shall ratify and confirm this to the confusion of many thousands; for England and her metropolis shall know that there hath been ...
— Seaward Sussex - The South Downs from End to End • Edric Holmes
... one of the most dangerous of all our enemies. The Union could much more easily spare one of its generals than Shepard. He's omniscient. He's a lineal descendant of Argus, and has all the old man's hundred eyes, with a few extra ones added in convenient places. He's a witch doctor, medicine man, and other things beside. I believe he's followed us, that some ...
— The Star of Gettysburg - A Story of Southern High Tide • Joseph A. Altsheler
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