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Italicized chunks of Joan Foster's latest gothic romance pop up just when one is expecting the next chapter in her life.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is certainly good defining, and the passage we have Italicized has the true Transcendental ring.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 by Various

Italicized lines mark where the Bard's song is joined by that of his predecessors departed.

From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various

Whatever excellence of commendation belongs to the adjective we have Italicized must be awarded to Mr. Dicey.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various

Italicized "Lepiota" on page 13 of part 4, for consistency: "Subgenus Lepiota Fries."

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas