He saw the horrible form among the big trees, in the network of creepers in the fantastic outlines of leaves, of the great indented leaves that seemed to be so many enormous hands with big broad palms, with stiff fingers outspread to lay hold of him; […]

The Rasenna were to the Romans a foreign nation speaking an unknown tongue. […] The cities of the Rasenna in Campania, whose communications with the mother country, whether by land or sea, were not cut of, surrendered […] .

By 1810 Clark and Rogers were New Orleans silversmiths, but this study has not revealed any products that they hilted.

Around the thirteenth century, bakes began to add an extra loaf to every dozen. They did not want to be accused of cheating their customers. So 13 items has become known as a baker's dozen. […] Today, some bakers still bake bread in baker's dozens.