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“Extraordinary Prediction”

Death, Literature and Oddities:

It is recorded of the poet Dryden, by Charles Wilson, in his 'Life of Congreve,' that having, strange to say, belief in astrology, he was careful to ascertain to the second the time at which his son Charles was born. He then calculated the boy's nativity, and was alarmed to discover that evil influences prevailed in the heavens.

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