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compound of raw Sienna and Roman ochre
Damonico , or Monicon, is an iron ochre, being a compound of raw Sienna and Roman ochre burnt, and having all their qualities.
— from Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field

consequence of real submission and retraction or
For pardon was equivalent to dishonour; it was granted either in consequence of real submission and retraction, or in order to be able to blacken the character of the pardoned man by falsely asserting that such submission had been made.
— from The Liberation of Italy, 1815-1870 by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington, contessa

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