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1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 13 Within the prospecte of the begynnynge of Cuba [L. in cuius prospectu in Hispaniolae angulo extremo], he founde a commodious hauen.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 231 Euery louely Organ of her life, Shall come..Into the eie and prospect of his soule. View more context for this quotation

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 166 The Knight..Was now in prospect of the Mansion.

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. iv. 8 By all Kingdoms is meant, many that were within prospect.

1740 C. Leslie New Hist. Jamaica v. 134 A little while after, they came within Prospect of the highest Steeple of Panama.

a1750 A. Hill Snake in Grass (1760) 113 Don't..forget what might be proper to say to an audience, now you are brought within prospect of getting one.

a1771 T. Gray tr. T. Tasso in Wks. (1814) II. 90 Nor yet in prospect rose the distant shore.

1824 T. Campbell Theodric 131 Yon phantom's aspect..would appal thee worse, Held in clearly measured prospect.

1920 N.E.D. at Vistaed Seen as it were in prospect by the imagination.

1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. xxi. 135 A little burning felt pushes us more powerfully, than greater pleasures in prospect draw or allure.

1725 New Canting Dict. Carriers, a Sett of Rogues..employ'd to look out, and watch upon the Roads, at Inns, &c., in order to carry Information to their respective Gangs, of a booty in Prospect.

1779 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 286 Every thing in prospect appears to me so very gloomy.

1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) iv. 55 Allen longed to..forget all that had been done, and all that was in prospect.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) iii. iv. 254 Our talk that morning must have closely reproduced the talk in English garrisons before the Sepoy mutiny; the sturdy doubt that any mischief was in prospect, [etc.].

1949 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Oct. 1/5 Some proponents of the B-36 now predict that with ‘cruise control’..a range of 12,000 miles or more is in prospect.

1991 Independent 5 Jan. 25/1 I am writing on the last day of a depressing 1990, with a frightening 1991 in prospect.