Example Sentences

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Virgil thought the odour exhaled by the Juniper tree noxious, and he speaks of the Juniperis gravis umbra:—     "Surgamus! solet esse gravis cantantibus umbra;     Juniperis gravis umbra; nocent et frugibus umbrae."

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

But the ancient /habitues/—the /magni nominis umbrae/, contemporaries of Brummell in his zenith, boon companions of George IV. in his regency— still haunted the spot.

From My Novel — Volume 11 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron