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Mr. Chute, I believe, was so pleased with the tenebra in his own chapel, that he has fairly buried himself in it.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 Horace Walpole 1757
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Interuenitquidem diiatatio foraminis Vueae, quae conciliatis Oculo moderate tenebris paflim fuc - cedere cognofciturj conciliantur autem, per Opacumpe. r - foraram Ocuio proxime admotum, tenebra?
Optica philosophia experimentis et ratione a fundamentis constituta, Nicolai ... Nicola Zucchi 1656
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Col crescere dell’estasi, i loro corpi trasparenti pulsano di luce, ma poco prima del culmine, un’ombra di tenebra le avvolge… Source: Twitch
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The sentence was carried into effect [301] in Smithfield, "on the tenebra
The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856
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Et dixiv forfitan tenebra conculcabuntme $ & nox iU luminatio mea in deliciis meis, &c.]
Opera omnia sanctorum patrum graecorum: graece et latine 1784
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