Teratological changes in the arrangement of organs depend upon arrest of growth, as when parts usually spirally arranged remain verticillate, owing to the non-development of the internodes, or to excessive growth, or development; but in many instances it is [Pg 7] impossible, without studying the development of the malformed flower, to ascertain whether the altered arrangement is due to an excessive or to a diminished action.
— from Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. (Maxwell Tylden) Masters

It seems clear enough that this quaint and pathetic piece was suggested by an old ballad beginning, "Gentle heardsman, tell to me, Of curtesy I thee pray, Unto the towne of Walsingham Which is the right and ready way," which Percy had shown to Goldsmith, and which, patched up, subsequently appeared in the Reliques .
— from Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series by William Black

We must notice, in this answer of the holy Father, two sorts of sorrow: the one arising from the anguish caused by sin, of which St. Paul says, that "it is according to God, and works penance unto salvation."
— from The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi by Candide Chalippe