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
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
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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