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Papirius a Roman rhetorician and naturalist
763 Fabianus Papirius, a Roman rhetorician and naturalist, whose works are highly commended by Pliny and Seneca.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

plum and rich red are not
There is, however, a great similarity in the colours, though in the Tekkes tones of deep plum and rich red are not uncommon.
— from Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modern by W. A. (Walter Augustus) Hawley

perspective and robbed remote and near
The scale was so immense, while the brilliant clearness of the air brought distance close before the eyes, altered perspective, and robbed "remote" and "near" of any definite meaning.
— from The Centaur by Algernon Blackwood

publisher and really rather a nice
Violet Ashwin she was, and married young Charlie Shovell , some sort of a publisher and really rather a nice fool.
— from Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914 by Various

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