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by a small tubercle of naked skin
Crown, and sides of head, cheeks, neck, shoulders, upper back, and front of fore-limbs golden-yellow, mixed with a few black hairs, the individual hairs being dark grey at the base, ringed for the rest of their length with yellow and grey; the rest of the upper part of the body greyish-yellow or yellowish-brown; under side of lower jaw, lower side of body, and inner face of limbs greyish-yellow, or yellowish-white; a dark spot of black hairs tipped with yellow at the inner angle of each eye, and stretching down on the cheeks; naked parts of face, ears, and callosities pale flesh-colour, as also is the thinly-haired skin of the inner sides of the limbs; tail represented by a small tubercle of naked skin. — from A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2) by Henry O. (Henry Ogg) Forbes
before And so to our new song
Set him 'ut sedeat in principibus' as he did before, And so to our new song Lord thyne ear incline, Gloria, laus et honor tibi sit Christe redemptor! — from Warwick, the Kingmaker by Charles Oman
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