I vaticinate what will be the upshot of all his schemes of reform.
"Crotchet-Castle"
Peacock, Thomas Love
Rash as prophecy always is, it is never quite so rash as in literature; and though we can sometimes, looking backward, say-perhaps even then with some rashness-that such and such a change might or ought to have been expected, it is very seldom that we can, when deprived of this illegitimate advantage, vaticinate on such subjects with any safety.
"A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895)"
George Saintsbury