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Ivi e` perfetta, matura e intera ciascuna disianza; in quella sola e` ogne parte la` ove sempr'era, perche' non e` in loco e non s'impola; e nostra scala infino ad essa varca, onde cosi` dal viso ti s'invola.
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri
I haven’t time to enter into long explanations now.
— from General John Regan by George A. Birmingham
" Exhibits Introduced " lists Exhibit No. 364 on page 93, but it is on page 447 .
— from Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission
The same manner of treatment may be found applied to words which end in -lyng , -esse , -nesse , and similar syllables, and which have a secondary accent on the last syllable and the chief accent on the preceding root-syllable.
— from A History of English Versification by J. (Jakob) Schipper
He is not made to settle down early in life; even now, I believe he is attached to some lady in London, whom, of course, he cannot marry."
— from Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope
Enough is left even now for telling thee The far beginnings whence the fearful power Of the great dark came shadowing down on me: Red roses crowding clothe my love's dear bower— Nightshade and hemlock, darnel, toadstools white Compass the place where I must lie to-night!"
— from The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald
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