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Sortes Virgilianæ

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Consulting the pages of Virgil to ascertain one's fortune, by opening the book at random, putting the finger on a passage and taking that for the oracle of fate one is in quest of.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Sortes Virgilianæ'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/sortes-virgiliana.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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