That which on earth is called diffusion of light, that luminous matter which the air holds in suspension, which creates the twilight and the daybreak, which produces the umbrae and penumbrae, and all the magic of chiaro-oscuro, does not exist on the moon. From Wordnik.com. [Round the Moon] Reference
Pete Bardo April 15, 2009 10: 30 AM PDT umbrae and all you others. From Wordnik.com. [CNET News.com] Reference
Quam procul aut molli fuccedeie faepius umbrae Videris, aut fummas carpentem ignavius herbas». From Wordnik.com. [P. Virgilii Maronis Opera] Reference
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 Wordnik.com. [My Novel — Complete] Reference
Deprecor hic umbrae mollia iura meae: aut si quis posita iudex sedet Aeacus urna. From Wordnik.com. [Cornelia's Plea] Reference
Dura fugae mala, dura belli! utrumque sacro digna silentio mirantur umbrae dicere, sed magis30. From Wordnik.com. [Deliverance from Death] Reference
Habitantibus in regione umbrae mortis, lux. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
Solus hic est sapiens alii volitant velut umbrae. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
260: qualem populeae fidentem nexibus umbrae siquis avem summi deducat ab aere rami, ante manu tacita cui plurima crevit harundo; illa dolis viscoque super correpta sequaci inplorat ramos atque inrita concitat alas. From Wordnik.com. [Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal] Reference
Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae. From Wordnik.com. [Excursions] Reference
Tunc fbmni dulces denfaeque in montibus umbrae. From Wordnik.com. [P. Virgilii Maronis opera: emendabat et notulis illustr. G. Wakefield] Reference
umbrae September 4, 2008 12: 42 PM PDT. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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