How insensibly new lights broke in upon him, as he threaded the labyrinth of cause and effect, by which we seek to arrive at that curious and biform monster-our own nature.
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Alone she sat upon the very earth, Left there as guardian of the chariot Which I had seen the biform monster fasten.
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Dante Alighieri