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at Vicenza in duodecimo in the year
In a small work upon Gardening, which, as I think, was printed for the first time at Vicenza, in duodecimo, in the year 1652, and which was reprinted afterwards in various places, he gave an account of his having produced trees from the leaves of the cedar- and lemon-tree 493 ; but he does not relate this circumstance as if he considered it to be a great discovery.
— from A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 2 (of 2) by Johann Beckmann

and viewed it dubiously in the yellow
It wasn’t a big door, but it looked very formidable to the two boys who stood there and viewed it dubiously in the yellow glare of the lantern; for a big square iron lock held it firmly in place.
— from The Turner Twins by Ralph Henry Barbour

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