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 Vi’tal Spark of Heavenly Flame.Vitex. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Vitel’lius.
 
A glutton. So named from Vitellius the Roman emperor, who took emetics after a meal that he might have power to swallow another.   1
 


 Vi’tal Spark of Heavenly Flame.Vitex. 

 
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