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Vesper Olympo Expectata diu vix tandem lumina tollit.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

Lucretius recognises this power in the following lines: Per te quoniam genus omne animantûm Concipitur, visitque exortum lumina solis.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

The intima of these vessels was in places so swollen as to resemble cylindrical or spindle-shaped hyaline masses, and cause narrowing of the lumina of the vessels in which this degeneration occurred.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Jamque ite; et tutis � vos bene claudite vallis: Servate haec totis lumina luminibus.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

By late August, clusters of sperm and metamorphosing spermatids surround the Sertoli cells; large numbers of sperm as well as sloughed cells representing various spermatogenic stages are present in the lumina.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.