Anticipation: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
Drawing near her death, she sent most pious thoughts as harbingers to heaven; and her soul saw a glimpse of happiness through the chinks of her sickness-broken body.— THOMAS FULLER — Life of Monica.
Far off his coming shone. C.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. VI. L. 768.
I would not anticipate the relish of any happiness, nor feel the weight of any misery, before it actually arrives. Spectator-No.