Celal
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Hello, this is from Oscar Wilde's play Vera or the Nihilists:
Czar (nervous and frightened): Don't come too near me, boy! Don't come too near me, I say! There is always something about an heir to a crown unwholesome to his father. Who is that man over there? I don't know him. What is he doing? Is he a conspirator? Have you searched him? Give him till to-morrow to confess, then hang him!—hang him!
Prince Paul: Sire, you are anticipating history. This is Count Petouchof, your new ambassador to Berlin. He is come to kiss hands on his appointment.
Can you tell what "anticipating history" means here? Could it be that Prince Paul is simply saying "Sire, you are being prejudiced" (or "prejudicial")?
Czar (nervous and frightened): Don't come too near me, boy! Don't come too near me, I say! There is always something about an heir to a crown unwholesome to his father. Who is that man over there? I don't know him. What is he doing? Is he a conspirator? Have you searched him? Give him till to-morrow to confess, then hang him!—hang him!
Prince Paul: Sire, you are anticipating history. This is Count Petouchof, your new ambassador to Berlin. He is come to kiss hands on his appointment.
Can you tell what "anticipating history" means here? Could it be that Prince Paul is simply saying "Sire, you are being prejudiced" (or "prejudicial")?