commixture

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The volume of rain produced in the Condor’s water cycle is enormous, says Luna, thanks to a unique commixture of altitudes, endemic soils, and solar and wind patterns.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2013

The plots of which the Duke was the centre have been described with a due commixture of history and romance in Mr. Allen Upward's fascinating story, God save the Queen.

From Collections and Recollections by Russell, George William Erskine

Fair ladies mask'd are Roses in their bud; Dismask'd, their damask sweet commixture shown, Are angels veiling clouds, or Roses blown.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson

My companion got up, giving him a thin glance which I caught in its passage, and which expressed a strange commixture of resignation and fascination,—a sort of perverted exaltation.

From Four Meetings by James, Henry

What a sudden burst of sound was emitted—what harmonious discord—what a commixture of all the tones in the vocal gamut, from the shrill treble to the deep underhum! 

From The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith by Hardie, Charles Martin