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un non so che confuso
tra i virgulti; E trarne un suon che flebile concento Par d'umani sospiri e di singulti; E un non so che confuso instilla al core Di pietà, di spavento e di dolore.
— from Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Leigh Hunt

umbilicus not so completely closed
A fine pair of this beautiful and rare variety is in the collection of Mr. C. Dubois, to whom I am indebted on this and many other occasions, for the facilities he has afforded me in prosecuting the present work: one of these is now figured; it differs in no respect from that in the last plate, except in being reversed and having the umbilicus not so completely closed; a character which, perhaps, exists only in very old shells.
— from Zoological Illustrations, Volume 1 or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson

us no sorrow can cut
No trial, then, can isolate us, no sorrow can cut us off from the Communion of Saints.
— from Daily Strength for Daily Needs by Mary Wilder Tileston


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