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The fontal truths of natural Religion, and the book of Revelation, alike contributed to the flood; and it was long ere my Ark touched upon Ararat, and rested.

From Famous Reviews by Johnson, R. Brimley

And thus we come back to the fontal source of all the mischief of our own Day.

From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by Burgon, John William

It is in the most proper, that is, the fontal, sense of the term, generation.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

O fontal wealth of hasting life, By stressful toil made sweet, Stay now thy journey—here oft come Wild sylvan things, Here tender lovers meet.

From Song-waves by Rand, Theodore H. (Theodore Harding)

It is the reason only which has a sense by which ideas can be recognized, and from the fontal light of ideas only can a man draw intellectual power.

From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson