| 单词 | obliquity |
| 例句 | Perhaps it's the obliquity of the narrative; more likely it's something in the characters you don't want to know, something about their lives or their thoughts that reminds you too intimately of your own. David Constantine comes in from the periphery to win Frank O'Connor award 2013-07-01T14:17:16Z It offers a fresh model of how opera and music theater can successfully tackle contemporary issues: not with documentary realism — television and film have that covered — but with ambiguity, obliquity, even sheer confusion. ‘The Source,’ an Oratorio About Chelsea Manning’s Leaks 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z To tell such stories effectively demanded a degree of canniness and obliquity to sidestep reflexive responses and surprise readers into fresh feeling and seeing. In Gory, Majestic Fiction, a Hard Look at the Holocaust’s Stubborn Silences 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z That represents Earth’s axial tilt, which astronomers call its obliquity, relative to the plane of its nearly circular orbit around the sun. The Equinox Is Not What You Think It Is 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Such a slouch, or obliquity, gives us our seasons. Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z It’s not a question of subtlety, which the stage can accommodate, but obliquity, which feels like an evasion of theater’s confrontational power. Review: At South Coast Rep, 'A Shot Rang Out' proves to be an eloquent misfire 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z This led to the recognition of regular changes in key astronomical parameters: the eccentricity of Earth’s orbit around the Sun, and the obliquity and precession of Earth’s rotational axis. Legacy of a 100-year-old climate model 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z In “On the End of the Phone,” the poet seems to concede as much, contrasting her “rapier voice . . . hundred words a minute, piercing and thrilling” with his own “sidestepping and obliquities.” Marriage, Betrayal, and the Letters Behind “The Dolphin” 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Although it does not possess a high obliquity, its elliptical orbit massages the moon’s interior, thanks to Jupiter’s gravitational pull. Tilted Exoplanets May Explain Decade-Old Astronomical Mystery 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z It has also long caused astronomers to wonder whether Earth’s tilt — arguably a sweet spot between more extreme obliquities — helped create the conditions necessary for life. Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z This “obliquity” causes the North Pole to sometimes tilt toward the sun and sometimes away, giving us the seasons. Ancient craters on Mars reveal how the planet’s tilt has changed over time 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Although our planet’s obliquity is relatively constant, it does change by a mere few degrees. Thursday’s Summer Solstice and the Search for Life in the Galaxy 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Bishop’s withholding is less a matter of Moore-like modernist obliquity, however, than of the guarded reticence that was her legacy and her means of control. Elizabeth Bishop’s Art of Losing 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z In our Barbican-directed oratorio a great deal of indirection and obliquity was welcome. A Point of View: What's the secret of writing great song lyrics? - BBC News 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Thus, is the moon and its effect on earth’s obliquity astrobiology’s 800-pound gorilla? 'Rare Earth' Revisited: Anomalously Large Moon Remains Key To Our Existence 2013-04-21T09:07:54Z To conduct the study, scientists assembled computer models of Mars with different obliquities and bombarded each version of the planet with asteroids. Ancient craters on Mars reveal how the planet’s tilt has changed over time 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z “You could have any obliquity and you could still have habitable conditions on the surface of the planet.” Thursday’s Summer Solstice and the Search for Life in the Galaxy 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The Fed should thus observe the first lesson in coping with complexity: the principle of obliquity. Banks Still Too-Big-To-Fail: Six Things The Fed Must Do 2013-03-24T21:14:41Z And yet the Earth's obliquity of the ecliptic is still about 23.4°. Apple maps: damned if you do, Google if you don't 2012-09-24T10:58:47Z For if the individual with propensities toward moral obliquity is to be saved to society it must be through the stereotyping effects of good habits. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z Elliptical craters—created by asteroids hitting the planet at shallow angles—tended to be more evenly distributed over the models with larger obliquities. Ancient craters on Mars reveal how the planet’s tilt has changed over time 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z As such, there are several knobs that must be tuned to allow life and, Earth’s mild obliquity is one. Thursday’s Summer Solstice and the Search for Life in the Galaxy 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z From the obliquity in position and peculiar curvature of this membrane, most of the waves strike it nearly perpendicularly, and in the most advantageous direction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z It was this weak obliquity which made him deceive his people, and led them to subvert the laws, supplant the church, and to become a tyrant in the name of religious liberty. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-23T02:00:31.657Z These poets, who have filled the world with their rumour, all looked upon life with some curious obliquity of vision. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z It was this confidence that had blinded his eyes to the moral obliquity of his contract with Felix Muller. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Such a slouch, or obliquity, has long caused astronomers to wonder whether Earth’s tilt — which you could argue is in a sweet spot between more extreme obliquities — helped create the conditions necessary for life. Thursday’s Summer Solstice and the Search for Life in the Galaxy 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z But how are we to explain his increase of religiousness side by side with the advance of moral obliquity and recklessness? The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Variation in obliquity of the ecliptic; about 47″ in 100 years. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z The second course, which crosses the first, and in most double cuts is finer, is called the up-cut, and has a horizontal obliquity varying from 5° to 15°. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z His aunt he thought of as always lean, rather worried-looking, and prone to a certain obliquity of cap, and his uncle massive, many-chinned, and careless about his buttons. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z It resembles the equatorial astrolabe somewhat, but has a second ring inclined to the equatorial one at an angle equal to the obliquity of the ecliptic. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The interior groups have much less eye obliquity; the eastern people, a great deal more. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z This angle, which may be called the obliquity of Mars’ ecliptic, does not differ much from that of the earth. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z The first or over-cut in this case is very fine, and, contrary to the general rule, has the least obliquity, while the up-cut has an unusual obliquity, and is the coarser of the two cuts. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The painter has represented the moral obliquities of society exaggerated into madness; that is to say, self-indulgence has, in each instance, destroyed the power to forbear the ill or to discern the good. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Then came the necessity of finding out about the inclination or obliquity of the ecliptic, and this is where the gnomon was employed. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Slight eye obliquity is common, more so in the eastern sample. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z Heller was the lead author on two papers last year on obliquity loss due to tidal interactions on habitable planets around red dwarf stars. Alien Life May Not Survive on Planets With Uranus-Like Tilts 2012-02-12T15:15:00.267Z The first course is called the over cut, and has a horizontal obliquity with the central line of the file, ranging from 35° to 55°. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z I seemed to squint myself, and not only with my eyes, My knees, my hands, my elbows, with obliquity were rife. Mr. Punch's Golf Stories 2012-01-28T03:00:25.907Z A curious moral obliquity this, you may say. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z The money raised by them went toward bringing comfort to creatures whose moral obliquity and human weaknesses Mrs. Gilchrist authentically despised. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Many phenomena influence obliquity over a planet's history. Alien Life May Not Survive on Planets With Uranus-Like Tilts 2012-02-12T15:15:00.267Z Hence, 53 presents a more favorable obliquity of the line of direction of the pressures of tooth upon tooth. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The latest argument is that Handel shows moral obliquity in borrowing “regrettably” from sources no one could know at the time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z The ribs are directed obliquely downwards and backwards, and this obliquity is more marked in the posterior ones than in the anterior. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z His skin was smooth and clear, and his bright black eyes twinkled, and displayed a true Chinese obliquity when he laughed, as he did every two or three minutes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z Could Earth have once possessed a high obliquity? Alien Life May Not Survive on Planets With Uranus-Like Tilts 2012-02-12T15:15:00.267Z Such a result, in the advocacy of a favourite theory, is however in strict accordance with the known obliquity of the greatest and purest minds. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Then, perhaps, we get angry and curse the whole machine as the product of some stupid blunderer, thereby avoiding the confession of any mental obliquity on our own part. Beyond 2011-11-27T03:00:13.650Z If we examine it on its anterior surface, we find a slight obliquity directed downwards and inwards. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z In his structure, the ruling characteristic may be said in one word to consist in obliquity—all the leading bones in his frame are set obliquely, or nearly so, and not at right angles. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z It could turn out that Earth's obliquity of 23.5 degrees, like its orbital distance from the Sun, is a "Goldilocks" figure for seasonality – not too extreme in either direction – and therefore ideal for complex life. Alien Life May Not Survive on Planets With Uranus-Like Tilts 2012-02-12T15:15:00.267Z The son may show much obliquity of moral principle, and yet the father should bear with him, and discipline him. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z In him we see nature in all its obliquity, and therefore we see grace in all its moral beauty and power. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z The four or five cartilages which succeed the first unite with slight obliquity to the sternum; their union with that bone gives the impression of a very strong, well-knit apparatus. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Not improbably, the moral obliquities of the poet had their influence in qualifying the opinion formed of his writings, by a man of such strict rectitude as Mr. Adams. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z "Axial tilt, or obliquity, is a crucial parameter for climate and the possible habitability of a planet," said René Heller, a postdoctoral research associate at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics in Potsdam, Germany. Alien Life May Not Survive on Planets With Uranus-Like Tilts 2012-02-12T15:15:00.267Z He notes, however, that about 7500 B. C. the obliquity of the ecliptic was probably nearly 1° greater than at present. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Their importunities and threatenings had generally been resisted, however, and with an obliquity that can not be easily explained, I persisted in my unreasonable design. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z This obliquity tends to become gradually effaced on the lateral parts to such a degree that at the quarters it becomes almost perpendicular to the surface of the ground. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The tale of his reign sufficiently bears witness to the strange mixture of moral obliquity and practical ability in his character. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z Along with daily rotations, this moderate obliquity ensures that the temperature differences between the coldest polar and hottest desert regions are not too extreme. Alien Life May Not Survive on Planets With Uranus-Like Tilts 2012-02-12T15:15:00.267Z To add fuel to the passions of the populace the most absurd accusations were brought forward against them, and their religion was made odious by connecting it with charges of grave moral obliquity. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z "This is quite an unconventional scenario for the formation of the giant planets, but I think that the obliquities of Uranus and Neptune point in this direction," Morbidelli said. Double Impact: Did 2 Giant Collisions Turn Uranus on Its Side? 2011-10-07T10:45:05.563Z The thing that most intrigued me about Julian’s book is the principle of obliquity. Let's Kill Dilbert-style Management, Once And For All! 2011-09-19T15:51:39Z There was obliquity of vision, there was even blindness, for the human mind was still afflicted by the ancient error which had brought the autocracies of the past to destruction. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z Take the case of an Earth-like planet with an obliquity close to that of Uranus, about 90 degrees. Alien Life May Not Survive on Planets With Uranus-Like Tilts 2012-02-12T15:15:00.267Z They are methods of indirect attack It is significant that many words for intelligence suggest the idea of circuitous, evasive activity—often with a sort of intimation of even moral obliquity. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z There are several other ways to change a planet's tilt, or obliquity, including tidal forces and resonances between a planet's spin and its orbit. Double Impact: Did 2 Giant Collisions Turn Uranus on Its Side? 2011-10-07T10:45:05.563Z This state of the atmosphere continues uninterruptedly until winter; nor can there be any frost there in winter, because even then the sun's rays fall with but little obliquity upon the surface of the earth. Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes 2011-08-29T02:01:12.927Z The ends of the curved portions may be variously inclined; they may be nearly perpendicular, of various degrees of obliquity, or nearly horizontal. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z For more than the simplest biota, such feats of durability would surely pose a lot of challenges on exoplanets with higher obliquity than Earth's, though far less than that of Uranus. Alien Life May Not Survive on Planets With Uranus-Like Tilts 2012-02-12T15:15:00.267Z A direct light renders them invisible, and only when the requisite obliquity has been obtained, does the exquisite character of the structure become displayed. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z Like some forms of moral obliquity, it may be merely evidence of a quality in the stock which renders it unable to tolerate a given environment. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z But I believe I shall render the effects of the obliquity of the earth's axis clearer to you, by the revolution of the little globe round a candle, which shall represent the sun. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z In the case of the latter the cause of this is often moral obliquity or fear; with deceived Christian brethren it is probably ignorance; by the Bahai propagandist it is allowed from astute policy. Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z Intriguingly, some geological evidence is consistent with Earth having a high obliquity for much of its history, up until about 600 million years ago. Alien Life May Not Survive on Planets With Uranus-Like Tilts 2012-02-12T15:15:00.267Z On the contrary, what I see in it is a spurious sensibility and that moral obliquity to which I have referred. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Catiline will sometimes be found complaining of sedition; most offenders have some lingering sense remaining of original right and wrong; not enough to keep them straight, but enough to blame others for the self-same obliquities. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z The pasterns are of the approved gentle obliquity—neither short and upright, betraying stubborn flexors, nor long enough to weaken the elasticity of the support that must here guard the whole body from concussion. The Welsh Pony Described in two letters to a friend 2011-07-02T02:00:10.773Z Nevertheless, in spite of the obliquity of her eyes and the prominence of her cheek-bones, she would still find many an admirer, not in Kalmuckia alone, but all the world over. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z "I have suggested that reduction of obliquity was the main cause of this major change in habitability." Alien Life May Not Survive on Planets With Uranus-Like Tilts 2012-02-12T15:15:00.267Z Where he is himself at fault—that which indicates the obliquity of his moral outlook—is his having presented to us in Claude Melnotte a hero who is a double-dyed cheat. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Abandoning their motor-cycles, the two lads made their way along the ditch, which fortunately ran with considerable obliquity to the direction of the fire of the German artillery. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z By the observation of the gnomon at mid-day on the day of the solstice he determined the obliquity of the ecliptic in his epoch. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z This increases only slightly as the obliquity increases to an angle of about 60 degrees. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z Models of the Earth's climate with a high obliquity by atmospheric physicist Gregory Jenkins at Howard University buttress this idea. Alien Life May Not Survive on Planets With Uranus-Like Tilts 2012-02-12T15:15:00.267Z Her moral obliquity shocked him, her disregard for the give and take necessary if a civilised community is to continue efficient. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z You may possibly suspect that I have sometimes insinuated a greater moral obliquity on the part of man than on that of woman; and, indeed, I believe you are right. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Gradually people became sick of openly avowed gallantry, of shameless libertinism, of moral obliquity and of the flattering artifices of vice; a long shudder ran through the selfish torpor of the social body. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z But that is not all, that is not his worst defect; his worst defect is his perpetual moral obliquity, perpetual—from the days of the Flood to the Schleswig-Holstein period. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z In some instances in addition to the sexual distortion there exist in these beings conditions of mental defect and moral obliquity. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z At high latitudes, greater obliquity means greater total annual irradiation. Q & A: As the World Turns 2011-04-25T20:07:36Z But the greater obliquity which I attribute to him is the result of his training, not an attribute of his nature. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z It is not suggested that Bute imputed "moral obliquity" to those who differed from him either on the Universities Commission, or afterwards in the vexed questions which he had to encounter at St. Andrews. John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir 2011-04-18T02:00:10.453Z Endless Screw, a mechanical contrivance, consisting of a screw the thread of which gears into a wheel with skew teeth, the obliquity corresponding to the angle of pitch of the screw. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z In some instances no mental defect nor, in a strict sense, moral obliquity occurs. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z When obliquity is high, Dr. LeGrande said, the difference between the equator and the poles in total irradiation, and also in temperature, is larger, and as a result the seasonal cycle becomes more extreme. Q & A: As the World Turns 2011-04-25T20:07:36Z The mouth of the hybrid is intermediate in size, obliquity, and thickness of the lips. Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae) 2011-04-14T02:00:54.467Z The wing is free to move in a vertical and horizontal direction and at any degree of obliquity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z But there was also observable in their speech an obliquity, which could not have been caused by the rain, but was clearly the consequence of exposure to a more potent fluid. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Any crookedness in the location of that middle point would have shocked Miss Judy like some moral obliquity. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z “But the changes that occur each year with obliquity are so tiny as to be unnoticeable,” Dr. LeGrande said. Q & A: As the World Turns 2011-04-25T20:07:36Z If he admits any moral obliquity in him, he puts it down to the climate.' The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z The doctor's unpleasing physical contour would have furnished strong evidence against him on any charge of moral obliquity. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Alexandria, the birthplace of Neo-platonism and the intellectual centre of the later empire, was also a very sink of moral obliquity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z This angle is called the obliquity of the ecliptic. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Who knew what handicaps were his to fight, what heritage of moral obliquity? Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z It was then, my boy, that I discovered my error, and apologized for my obliquity of vision. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z Chou Kung, an able mathematician, determined with surprising accuracy the obliquity of the ecliptic; but his attempts to estimate the sun’s distance failed hopelessly as being grounded on belief in the flatness of the earth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" It can, however, be shown that the obliquity cannot vary more than two or three degrees within a million of years of our epoch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z If the obliquity of the ecliptic were made 10� greater, what would be the effect upon the seasons in the temperate zones? A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Truth was a secondary matter, not from any moral obliquity, but from the influence of prolonged training. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius In the first case, as can easily be imagined or even artificially demonstrated, there would be possible only a lower or higher situation or an obliquity affecting mostly the marginal portion of the division. A Bilateral Division of the Parietal Bone in a Chimpanzee; with a Special Reference to the Oblique Sutures in the Parietal The obliquity continually increases until the observer reaches the equator. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Attempts have been made by Laplace and his successors to fix certain limits within which the obliquity of the ecliptic shall always be confined. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Is there any connection between these limits and the obliquity of the ecliptic? A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Astronomers have given various explanations to account for this inequality of the pr�cession and also of the obliquity of the tropicks. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments This obliquity and consequent change of exposure are in degree precisely what the wants of the earth would seem to require. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Eccentricity and unconventionality smack to him always of moral obliquity. The Vagabond in Literature The obliquity of the ecliptic is the angle which its plane makes with that of the equator. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z And not only was the professor's field of vision thus distressingly limited, but there was also some moral obliquity in his composition. Fragments of an Autobiography And thus the pole attains the period of the anomaly of the pr�cession of the �quinoxes twice; and that of the declination or obliquity once only. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments The cause of this obliquity, and the time when it may have attained to its present amount, have been fertile themes of discussion. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science Teevan was a smiling but inexorable arbiter of his destiny: a judge humane but incorruptible, a man experienced in the obliquities of human nature, but never tolerant of these. Ewing\\'s Lady From this expression is derived the value of the obliquity at various epochs given in the following table. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z They were wide and brown, deep as grotto pools, and strange, with a hint of obliquity alien to him by untold centuries. Where the Pavement Ends For ever since the time at which, by means of various observations, this anomaly was first observed, we have only arrived at half a period of the obliquity. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Pythagoras, 580 B.C., knew, in addition to the sphericity of the earth, the obliquity of the ecliptic, the identity of the evening and morning star, and that the earth revolves round the sun. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science The occasional grossness is due to an absence of refinement of taste rather than to an obliquity of moral sentiment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" The motion of the ecliptic produces a secular variation in the obliquity which is now diminishing by an amount nearly equal to the entire motion of the ecliptic itself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Fontaine tells of a motherly crab, who exclaimed against the obliquity of her daughter’s gait, and asked whether she could not walk straight. About London Others of the troubadour statutes are frankly suggestive of that moral laxity, not to say obliquity of vision, of which we have spoken before. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Astronomers consider it improbable that the obliquity of the ecliptic has materially changed, and serious differences of opinion exist as to the effects which a greater or less obliquity would produce on climate. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science The obliquity, corresponding to u = π, is such that the phases of the secondary waves range over a complete period, i.e. such that the projection of the horizontal aperture upon this direction is one wave-length. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" No Roman woman was irreligious, however great the obliquity of her moral character, though sometimes her piety took a form so bizarre that the fact outruns imagination. Roman Women It made a general and warm-hearted obliquity the only possible condition of conduct in a pretty world. Rose MacLeod We cannot adopt a public outlook owing to this obliquity in our vision, we are barred by the persistence of that vexed perspective in our views on shore. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war In a truly enlightened society the failure to make known such conditions in the antecedents to a marriage will be regarded as evidence of the greatest moral obliquity, if not of criminal misdemeanor. The Social Direction of Evolution An Outline of the Science of Eugenics The secondary pulses diverted by the ruling fall upon an object-glass as usual, and on arrival at the focus constitute a procession equally spaced in time, the interval between consecutive members depending upon the obliquity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" There are also women, even girls, who are of such pure eyes they cannot discern obliquity anywhere. John March, Southerner Wilkes's squint was proverbial; yet even this natural obliquity he turned to humorous account. Old and New London Volume I If this filling of their cup, referred to moral crimes to be committed, or to moral obliquity as such, then it is very strange. The Negro: what is His Ethnological Status? 2nd Ed. It was not intellectual error but moral obliquity that was to him here, as everywhere, the enemy. The History of Freedom Sails of canvas or galvanised iron are then fastened to the arms, the position of which is such that the necessary obliquity to the line of the barrel is secured at once. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast I have often envied men this alertness of mind, this ever-present consciousness of the obliquity of human nature. Aliens I listened to discourses from the pulpit in favor of the Society; and the same moral obliquities were seen in minister and people. Thoughts on African Colonization I proceed to describe it not without indignation; for I am profoundly struck by the intellectual perversity, not to say the moral obliquity, which has so entirely made this vile instrument its own. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford With the exception of an obliquity in the position of the eyes, there is no appreciable anatomical difference between these animals. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. It seems to me, that I could tolerate an absolute moral insensibility upon the subject better than the strange moral obliquity of justifying this horrible system by arguments drawn from Christ's teaching. Records of Later Life Also, he was the first to observe the obliquity of the ecliptic; he taught that the moon received its light from the sun and that the earth is round. History of Human Society Why, just think of the extraordinary obliquity, or rather blindness of it! A Modern Symposium Lincoln recognized his moral obliquity, and curbed his propensity for satire, which was a case of that "exercise of natural faculty" which affects all gifted persons. The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President For a while, with characteristic obliquity, he talked of his school work. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country There is no question here of superficial uninformed thought, nor of moral obliquity. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology "Well, it hasn't been a bed of roses since we discovered Northwick's obliquities—excuse me!" The Quality of Mercy Only moral obliquity of the worst kind could admit a doubt about so excellent a religion as this. Bunyan If the continuing tilt keeps up long enough, the obliquity will be 90�. The Solar Magnet She knew how little weight they carry smothered in feminine graces and coy obliquities from the point. The Prisoner Again, considering the strabismus, the obliquity of the mouth, the palsy in the arms, and the convulsions, we guess closely, but ominously. The Book of Khalid He had a conscience, that mechanical conscience which becomes so active in times of great moral obliquity, against telling a little lie, and saying he had not spoken. The Quality of Mercy But in winding the wire over itself, the obliquity of the several turns compensated each other, and the resultant action was at right angles to the bar. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery Newton showed exactly how the phenomenon depended upon the obliquity at which it was viewed. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works Thompson, Prof. W., on the obliquity of the flounder, ii. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) In an unwise moment we begged the draper's wife to honor us with a visit and explain the obliquities of the kitchen range and the tortuosities of the sink-spout to Miss Grieve. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland One brother had gone West, a whisky criminal; a sister had gone wrong, with the inheritance of moral obliquity. The River Prophet In the obliquity of the eyes lurked a solemn warning. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China They were already approaching the regions where the temperature is excessively cold, for the sun's rays, owing to their obliquity when they reach them, are very feeble. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories The plane of Saturn's rings oscillates slowly about our line of sight, and so we sometimes see them edgeways and sometimes with a moderate amount of obliquity. Pioneers of Science The atmospheric envelope which encompasses the earth tends to increase the effect of obliquity, since a slanting ray has to travel further through it and is robbed of more heat than a vertical ray. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use They have been set down as the work of charlatans, and their apparent results ascribed to fraud, collusion, credulity, and mental obliquity in general. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution On his return to Greece he founded the Ionian school, and taught the sphericity of the Earth, the obliquity of the ecliptic, and the true causes of eclipses of the Sun and Moon. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The gluteal fold is shorter, deeper, and higher than on the healthy side, and on account of the obliquity of the pelvis the spine shows a lateral curvature, with its concavity to the affected side. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Periodic changes in the form and obliquity of the earth's orbit. Pioneers of Science And let not man—of divine art Not the least, nor vilest part— By casual evils thus bandied, be The sport of Fate's obliquity. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II It connects, casually and quantitatively, the periods of the moon's revolution and of the earth's rotation, the obliquity of the ecliptic, the inclination and eccentricity of the lunar orbit. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The obliquity of the ecliptic was accurately determined, and an arc of the meridian was measured between Syene and Alexandria. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' As a result of the obliquity of the pelvis, the patient, when erect, exhibits a lateral curvature of the spine with the dorso-lumbar convexity to the sound side. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. The obliquity of the ecliptic is also changing periodically, but not greatly: the change is less than three degrees. Pioneers of Science The head is not only smaller than that of the white child, but the pelvis of the negress is wider than that of the white woman—its greater obliquity also favors parturition and prevents miscarriage. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject The most universally recognized of their divinities in primitive times, Varuna, is free from the vain passions and moral obliquities of more recent gods. India, Its Life and Thought By what was variously termed an obliquity of the will, an eccentricity, a monomania, he had decided that none of his children should marry, and on this point he demanded "passive obedience." Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Both fractures are usually oblique—that in the tibia running from above downward, forward, and medially, and it is generally found that the obliquity of the fibular fracture corresponds with that in the tibia. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. By this time, poor Dandy, who, notwithstanding the obliquities of his master's disposition, had a strong regard for him, reached the shore. Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives The institution of slavery has not produced, at the North, the moral obliquity, out of which they grow—a reverence for the Bible has not produced it. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject To the Christian, on the other hand, the dread enemy is sin—that moral obliquity which differentiates the soul from the perfect ethical beauty of God. India, Its Life and Thought I observed the same obliquity of eyes, the same sharp quick glance that betokened the presence of deep dissimulation, of utter selfishness, of cruel inhumanity. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West When the fracture is below the pronator teres, the displacement depends upon the direction of the force and the obliquity of the fracture. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. A loss of power is likewise occasioned by the obliquity of the muscular action, and the oblique direction of the fibres. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease Physical obliquity, it may be added, is akin to moral. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes The obliquity of vision of the European residents on all these points is extraordinary. Appearances Being Notes of Travel It is described as a thing of moral obliquity and spiritual darkness. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ In rare cases the obliquity of the fracture is downward and backward, and the lower fragment is displaced forward. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. There was a complete lack of the diplomatic obliquity to be expected in such a case. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York The tragic laughter which the confused issues of life excite in subtler souls is not lacking, but the sweet obliquities of honest clowns carry us just as far. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions Work faithfully, and you will put yourselves in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness: not such as can be won by the speed of a horse, or marred by the obliquity of a ball. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing This provides a slightly increased surface because of the obliquity of the upper surface of the bed, but it consumes probably a greater amount of material. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. The obliquity of the nerves gradually increases, till in the lower part of the canal—from the second lumbar vertebra onward—they run parallel with the filum terminale and together constitute the cauda equina. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. There is no recognition of the moral obliquity of the Boer oligarchy, or of the generosity of the British terms. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 The world he reveals is, after all, in spite of the Russian names, the world of ordinary human obliquity. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions Winter seldom failed to arrive at the only sound conclusion from ascertained facts, whereas Furneaux had an almost uncanny knowledge of the kinks and obliquities of the criminal mind. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley By a peculiar obliquity of vision, the princes denied to their subjects the very thing they demanded for themselves. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 Some hidden obliquity in the Treadwell soul, which kept it always at cross-purposes with life, prevented any lessening of the deep antagonism between the old and the young of the race. Virginia P. 8: A most unaccountable obliquity in the manner of setting up my top. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century I repeated, a little astonished by this obliquity in a man customarily so direct. The Prairie Mother The obliquity of the ecliptic affected with nutation. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Here again, however, we should recollect there must be a considerable share of allowance for the usual tendency to make the most and the worst of his own obliquities. My Recollections of Lord Byron And so incurable was this obliquity in the soul of Cyrus, that it forced him now to take a tone which he had resolutely set his mind against from the moment of Mrs. Peachey's visit. Virginia This is a reminder of Tristram’s obliquity in his manner of setting up his top. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century With this particular obliquity impressed upon the movement of his own essay, we can have no right to quarrel. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 It is inclined to the equinoctial at an angle of nearly 23° 28′, called the obliquity of the ecliptic, and cuts it in two points diametrically opposite to each other, called the equinoctial points. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The Boston Herald says the Board’s moral obliquity is a puzzle to honest people. Buchanan's Journal of Man, March 1887 Volume 1, Number 2 I assure you, that sort of crookedness is nearly always the sign of a twist in the intellect, an obliquity in the character. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 The next word that Mr. Crawford gave out from the "Speller" was obliquity. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk The form, height, arching, proportion, obliquity, and position of the skull, or bone of the forehead, show the propensity of thought, power of thought, and sensibility of man. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science The obliquity of the ecliptic, unaffected with nutation. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. There is no moral obliquity in the case. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Conscience only, that can see without light, sits in the areopagy and dark tribunal of our hearts, surveys our thoughts, and condemns our obliquities. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Mr. Crawford had remained after school with the tall boy who had brought "obliquity" upon the spelling-class. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk Well-bred Frenchmen rarely if ever have or pronounce an opinion, or pass a judgment—unless with a playful obliquity of judgment, and on things in general. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 I marvel at the obliquity of vision whereby any one is enabled, standing in this metropolis, to anticipate the subversion of the Republic and the restoration of Monarchy. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Recent developments in child study show that many of the moral and mental obliquities of children may be traced to physical defects. Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers The possession of wealth confers no exemption from the weaknesses and frailties of human nature, and in many instances indeed the unwise use of money only brings the obliquities of its possessor into greater prominence. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. As is often the case, she knew less of her husband's moral obliquity than the world at large, though even she knew enough to believe that he was not what he should be. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World The one which gives freest access and exposes the sac best, is shaped like a T, the horizontal limb of which is oblique, the direction of the obliquity varying on the two sides. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Perhaps he would even have promised to become a better boy, for he keenly felt the weight of those moral obliquities which excluded him from the society of Frank and his friends. The Boat Club or, The Bunkers of Rippleton Augmenting the obliquity the colours appeared once more, but they were now complementary to the former ones. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Whatever the moral obliquity in his feeble expedients, there is the pathos of human limitations in their character. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) Thou who dost blame injustice in mankind, 'Tis but the image of thine own dark mind; In them reflected clear thy nature is With all its angles and obliquities. Mystics and Saints of Islam Being an only son, his father and mother were disposed to spoil him, though not even Ham wholly escaped the sharp points and obliquities of his mother's temper. Down The River Buck Bradford and His Tyrants Having advanced what cannot be denied, that moral obliquity is made more or less excusable by the motives that produce it, he inquires what evil purpose could have induced Pope to break his promise. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II Mr Redfield, by carefully examining the obliquity of the imprints in the Pompton quarries, ascertained that most of them implied the blowing of a strong westerly wind in the triassic period at that place.' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852 For his indiscretions, never involving moral obliquity, he had most grievously answered. Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman It takes up a goodly list of zealous calumniators and cheerful prevaricators and tacks their pelts on the barn-door of obliquity. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Note the size of the hoof in relation to the height and weight of the animal, and the obliquity of the hoof. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse There are no mountains, or high hills intervening, no obliquity in the sun’s diurnal course, to lengthen out the day. The Death Shot A Story Retold Abashed at this apparent obliquity, the shoemaker paused again; and again went on in like manner. Diary in America, Series One It would appear that the object of his affections suffered from some obliquity of vision. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 We may do that with failure of many kinds, but never in a case of conscious moral obliquity. Men in the Making Length.—This will depend upon the obliquity of the hoof viewed in profile. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Owing to the obliquity of the plane of the section the figure is quite asymmetrical. Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator The first mentioned of these writes: One only form of belief in the supernatural—one theory respecting the origin and government of the universe—stands wholly clear both of intellectual contradiction and of moral obliquity. Human Traits and their Social Significance Do not allow the faults or obliquities of character, or the intellectual or moral wants, of any individual, of your pupils, to engross a disproportionate share of your time. The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young Now if one is to attain anything difficult, he cannot afford to indulge in vanity or self-satisfaction; for action can be kept true to its end only when the least obliquity is marked and corrected. The Moral Economy Archie felt very humble under these promises and prophecies, and wondered whether there was really deep down in his soul some moral obliquity that the acute master crook had detected and responded to. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Like the passion of hate, to which it is so closely allied, sexual passion has a kind of furious intensity which is able to reveal many deep levels of human obliquity. The Complex Vision It is distinguished by concavity of features and obliquity of angles, or rather the absence of angles. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony We had really learnt to distinguish between intellectual error and moral obliquity. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography Poets have sometimes displayed an obliquity of taste in their female favourites. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Moral obliquity such as the maintenance of disorderly houses is a corrupting influence, and the police departments of cities have frequently been charged with conniving at immoral practices. Society Its Origin and Development I know it, sir; it was considerate on my part: I was allowing for the angle of obliquity in your vision. The King's Own Yet we concede the right of others to think differently on these points, without being suspected of moral obtuseness or obliquity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 The thought might cause some anxiety, in view of the moral obliquity manifested by Congress in all its financial dealings. Benjamin Franklin The patient was standing at the moment of reception of the injury, and the obliquity of the fracture no doubt depended on his fall and the resulting influence of the weight of the body. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre We seldom trouble ourselves to inquire into the history of their obliquities. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Could I alter the obliquity of her mental vision by brooding over it, and worrying myself into a fit of misanthropy? She and I, Volume 1 They insisted on taking literary sin for moral obliquity, and because men could not understand, they assumed that he wished to mislead. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 To that critical point in the friendship of a lady and gentleman, when they bring against each other all kinds of delightful charges of moral obliquity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 With increasing degrees of obliquity of impact more and more pronounced oval openings of entry result, culminating in an actual gutter such as is seen in fig. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre The hideousness of the Christian church in the ninth and tenth centuries was passed lightly over by men who had only eyes for the moral obliquity of the church of the Encyclopædia. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle Nor should it be taken as evidence of moral obliquity in them. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation The eyes are often bright and full, and no obliquity is observable in the opening of the eyelids.” The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala We have to deal with things as they are, with many natures tainted by moral feebleness, by obliquity of vision, by lack of proportion. Joyous Gard Such verbal tilting in ancient Hawaii was practically a defense against a charge of moral obliquity as decisive and legitimate as was an appeal to arms in the times of chivalry. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula But every discerning reader should recognize that inaccuracy or untruth does not imply the moral obliquity that pertains to intentional falsehood. An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals Moral obliquity is not to be assumed in the case of General Lee. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 With all the good will in the world, I do not find myself able to rise to these heights; in fact, they rather seem to deserve Wordsworth's description, as mere obliquities of admiration. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5, Emerson A curious moral obliquity this, you may say. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Whatever his philosophical weakness and his moral obliquity, he is often moved by genuine emotion. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Certainly it cannot be due to intentional and perverse obliquity of mental vision. An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals The lover, deeply versed in all the obliquities of fraud, and skilled to wind himself into every avenue of the heart which indiscretion has left unguarded, soon discovers on which side it is most accessible. Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies Admitting, then, these rays of light to pass through the cleft, still on account of their obliquity they could produce but a very imperfect image, because they impinged upon an unfavorable portion of the retina. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. There is a singular obliquity in the human mind that makes the false logic more effective than the true with nine-tenths of those who are regarded as men of intellect. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry It seemed to me that I had known the same sort of obliquities among boys in the swapping of jacknives. Confessions of Boyhood She knew her brother disapproved of him, and thought it to be because of moral, not military, obliquity. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier The thrills which such expressions arouse are born of an inveterate emotional habit, and are responsible for the obliquity of view and conduct which has made Germany an outcast among civilized nations. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Briefly his task was to calculate the extent of the change in the obliquity of the ecliptic since the building of Stonehenge. Stonehenge Today and Yesterday At the same period, too, Cynosura was not the pole-star, but Alpha Draconis was; and the stars rose and set with very different degrees of obliquity from those of their present risings and settings. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Of course, this was all said good-naturedly, was meant to be funny, and was uttered from a public rostrum with an utter obliviousness to the mental obliquity that a moment’s thought will disclose. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 At this period the daily visits of the sun were very short, and owing to the obliquity of his rays, afforded us little warmth or light. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 But this phase of it I didn't discuss with Terry, for I had no desire to air my husband's moral obliquities before his hired man. The Prairie Wife You cannot mount above the earth, you cannot transcend the ordinary line of the commonplace, as a mere sardonic image of self-satisfied, chuckling obliquity. Shadows of the Stage This was true but hardly significant; seeing Jean had one shoulder and one eye twice the size of the others, to say nothing of various obliquities and their compensations. Alec Forbes of Howglen Had the earth no obliquity, the effect would be as the squares of the cosines of the latitude; but the ratio is diminished by the inclination of the axis. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Too often, from the lowest to the highest court, the records are so manipulated as to show the moral obliquity of the Negro. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro At any other time he would have thrown open the flood-gates of that ever-inundating anger of his and swept away all such obliquities. Never-Fail Blake The racing blackguard never talks of money; indeed, his obliquity of mind prevents him from calling anything by its right name. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary But this obliquity of speech missed its point, for of her own taste the Queen had no doubt whatever. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties From this we may calculate the true place of the node, the true obliquity, and the true inclination to the lunar orbit. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence He regarded man, generally, as a curious study, as remarkable for not exercising the intellect with which he was endowed—not so much from censurable causes as from some obliquity in mental vision. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour For years now he had been compelled to face her obliquities, to puzzle over the enigma of her ultimate character, and he was tired of it all. Never-Fail Blake An obliquity of the bone may result when one half of the epiphysial cartilage is destroyed and the other half continues to form bone, giving rise to such deformities as knock-knee and club-hand. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. Some, who pass for moral and religious persons, have in this thing exhibited a moral obliquity that has often astonished me. Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. Here again, however, we should recollect, there must be a considerable share of allowance for his usual tendency to make the most and the worst of his own obliquities. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals Possibly, when the "rules of the game" are universally understood, there is less moral obliquity in taking advantage of them than an outsider imagines. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin "Then why didn't you say so?" complained McGlade, as though impatient of obliquities that had been altogether too apparent. Never-Fail Blake Our Romance was just this very Spanish contrast, this obliquity of vision, this slight tilt of the convex mirror that shaped the same world so differently to onlookers at different points of its circle. Romance The offence assumed the character of a moral obliquity, and discipline can never be relaxed for immorality proper. Practical Essays That is the symbolism of the emphatic obliquity of the costume. Certain Personal Matters Rhomb . . . lozenge . . . trapezoid: all four-sided forms, but differing as to the parallel arrangement of their sides and the obliquity of their angles. Men and Women Yet deep in his nature was that obliquity, that adeptness at trickery, that facility in deceit, which made him the success he was. Never-Fail Blake It is not parallel to the Forum, but its obliquity was adroitly masked by shops in which many pieces of coin have been found. The Wonders of Pompeii But let it be ever so little oblique, the new medium will exaggerate its obliquity; and the farther it departs from uprightness, the more frightfully it is distorted. Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse He likes "character" in a game, gigantic hitting forward, bowler-planned leg catches, a cunning obliquity in a wicket that would send the balls mysteriously askew. Certain Personal Matters It is the "strong image" of Beatrice who comes to him as he had seen her as a child, raises him from moral obliquity, fills him with the very essence of the spiritual. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 One is shocked by the moral blindness or obliquity which takes them only as a further sign of her worthlessness. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth This slight obliquity causes the images to be formed not in the axis of the tube, but very near its circumference, or outer mouth, we may call it. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men The indistinctness of the image is partly due to the obliquity of the pencils which form parts of the image, and partly to what is termed spherical aberration. Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. Into mortal mind's material obliquity I gazed, and stood abashed. Retrospection and Introspection Most of the jars and bickerings of domestic life, most of the mental and moral obliquities, depend upon threadbare nerves, either inherited or uncovered by friction incident to getting on in the world. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm The slight obliquity of the Moon's axis, only 1-1/2°, keeps the Sun in the same altitude the whole year around. All Around the Moon Limits of the obliquity of the ecliptic modified by the action of the sun and moon upon the terrestrial spheroid.—The ecliptic will not continue indefinitely to approach the equator. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men The eyes are small and black in color, set somewhat obliquely, and the upper lid is drawn down over the eye at its inner corner so as to make the obliquity still more marked. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope They had proved to demonstration and overwhelmed with obloquy the incompetence, the imbecility, the untrustworthiness, the blunders, the forgeries, the inaccuracies, the obliquities, the utter moral and literary worthlessness, of previous students and societies. A Study of Shakespeare It was seldom that Uncle Hiero achieved so harmonious a piece of work; but the idea showed greater moral obliquity than Balder would have looked for in the old gentleman. Idolatry A Romance But the obliquities of Martin assume a less questionable aspect, when we contemplate a noble work, which he not only projected, but left behind ready for publication. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One After attaining a certain limit it will then vary in the opposite direction, and the obliquity will continually increase in like manner as it previously diminished. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men It is an obliquity of the will—and one laughs at it till the turn comes for crying. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 The novelty was not lost upon Aunt Bell, expert that she was in all obliquities from accepted tradition. The Seeker To the charge of moral obliquity on the slavery question, Douglas made a dignified and worthy reply. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Wide, large, angular; the chin sharp and projecting, supported on the breast; the whole head scarcely rivalling the shoulders in height and obliquity. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Laplace determined the secular displacement of the plane of the earth's orbit due to each of the planets, and in this way ascertained the whole effect of perturbation upon the obliquity of the ecliptic. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men I told you, I think, that there was an obliquity—an eccentricity, or something beyond—on one class of subjects. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 But notwithstanding these declarations, she never failed to gratify her insatiable love of pouring forth to his most inveterate enemies faults and failings that her constitutional moral obliquity indicated he had. The Tragedy of St. Helena These evils," they said, "arise from the moral obliquity of the fastidious, and the cupidity of the avaricious. Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future Roscius is said to have always played in a vizard, on account of a disfiguring obliquity of vision with which he was afflicted. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Finally, the inclination of the equator and the ecliptic will attain a certain maximum value, and then the obliquity will again diminish. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Wr imply some sort of obliquity or distortion, as wry, to wreathe, wrest, wrestle, wring, wrong, wrinch, wrench, wrangle, wrinkle, wrath, wreak, wrack, wretch, wrist, wrap. A Grammar of the English Tongue It appeared to have corrected a certain dimness or obliquity in his vision, of the existence of which its cure rendered him for the first time conscious. The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal This innocent remark opened the eyes of Miss Royden to the obliquity of vision which is wrought, all unconsciously in many cases, by the power of selfishness. Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality In much later years, however, "obliquity of vision" has been found to be no obstacle to success upon the stage. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character His tendency to make the worst of his own obliquities, i. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals The pamphlets are innumerable; and most of them deserve the complete obliquity into which they have fallen. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham But I found in this refraction that the ratio of FR to RS was not constant, like the ordinary refraction, but that it varied with the varying obliquity of the incident ray. Treatise on Light For adoration involves a glorious obliquity of vision. A Christmas Garland Yet why let this one weakness—a partial moral obliquity or imperfection—make us cast him aside as useless and evil. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him "I consider myself," exclaimed he, "personally responsible for the obliquity of the earth's axis." The Function of the Poet and Other Essays Thy experience did ever squint, and the obliquity of the mind grows worse with years. Cromwell Corresponding, therefore, to an obliquity which produces a difference of three semi-undulations in the marginal waves, we have a luminous band, but one of considerably less intensity than the undiffracted central band. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 And here we come to a most extraordinary obliquity of the feminine eye. Walking-Stick Papers He bends his head and moves with an indescribable obliquity of gait, as if unwilling to display his full front to the world. Twice Told Tales Despise not the obliquities of younger ways, nor despair of better things whereof there is yet no prospect. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 He found the distance between the tropics less than 53° 6', and greater than 52° 96', which gives a mean of 23° 51' for the obliquity of the ecliptic. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson Total reflection never occurs except in the attempted passage of a ray from a more refracting to a less refracting medium; but in this case, when the obliquity is sufficient, it always occurs. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 In the deepest of his tragedies, he voiced a grandeur even in obliquity, and hymned the greatness and the glory of the life of man. The Theory of the Theatre The author steps in and gives his puppets his little twist, the characteristic obliquity each possesses, his quips and cranks. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 At this period the daily visits of the sun were very short and, owing to the obliquity of his rays, afforded us little warmth or light. The Journey to the Polar Sea I am not like that pessimist philosopher who assumed her malignity from the fact of the obliquity of the ecliptic; but the truth is, Nature is a pirate. Some Private Views The moment the train begins to move, the rain-drops begin to slant, and the quicker the motion of the train the greater is the obliquity. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 But this gibberish is not exactly an outcome of any moral obliquity; it is employed as a means of securing safety. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour But Self-Conceit is that original obliquity that leads a man to make a hog of himself. The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga Where is man's boasted intelligence, or his sense of proportion, that every man does not see the monstrous moral obliquity involved in the destruction of a species! Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation In short, he paid in full in physical misery and mental anxiety and wretchedness for the real moral obliquity of his crime. True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office It is produced by an obliquity of direction which causes the paths of the marginal waves to be a whole wave-length different from each other. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 Months after I had been satisfied of his obliquity, it was difficult to realize the conviction that truth and justice authoritatively demanded. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 The oblique direction of the bullet, from its very obliquity, left Michel Ardan some hope of touching the lunar disc at some point or other. The Moon-Voyage There is a certain direction in which, viewing the stone, when the light falls with a proper obliquity, we see a luminous reflection from the internal parts of the stone. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) Nor would such a hoax argue any unusual moral obliquity. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts A second space of absolute darkness will therefore correspond to the obliquity producing this difference. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 The profoundest lessons, such as are heeded by the race, such as are universally intelligible, have this obliquity of origin. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 In fact, the slight obliquity of the lunar axis keeps the sun there at an almost equal altitude under every latitude. The Moon-Voyage As is often the case, their moral obliquities ran parallel with their errors in opinion. California Sketches, Second Series The man was unwilling to part with a valuable pledge so soon, or perhaps he hoped to retain it eventually; or it might be, that the obliquity of his nature disqualified him for respectful behaviour. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 581, December 15, 1832 But we have seen that the least obliquity on the part of the crystals permits light to get through both. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 Do not allow the faults or obliquities of character, or the intellectual or moral wants of any individual of your pupils to engross a disproportionate share of your time. The Teacher Every vehement movement must affect the vertical position, because obliquity deprives the movement of force, by taking from it the possibility of showing the play of the articulations. Delsarte System of Oratory They could even observe, by the increased obliquity of the line, that the animal, instead of returning to the surface, was sinking into lower depths. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen Everybody can see why some particular law might be violated without a sense of guilt, but they cannot see how a law they believe in can be violated without serious obliquity. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment It is difficult to account for the obliquity of vision shown by so many Rumanian politicians. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Not yet, in Winona's view, had he actually gone down into the depths of social obliquity; but she soon knew he had made the joyous descent. The Wrong Twin But this now carries with it no implication of moral obliquity. On Compromise The insolence of benefaction terminates not in negative rudeness or obliquities of insult. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II It is a sure mark of a certain obliquity, to take pleasure in caricatures and monstrous faces, and pigmies. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Now it is the character of plane surfaces to present the same angle, and consequently to impinge upon the air with the same condition of obliquity throughout. A Project for Flying In Earnest at Last! This 'turning in' of the heels is favoured by the undue obliquity of the wall. Diseases of the Horse's Foot We have only to choose between the direct beat overtaking the velocity of the current, like the oar of a boat, or one applied like the wing, in some assigned degree of obliquity to it. A History of Aeronautics Indeed, the slight obliquity of the lunar axis keeps the sun at an almost equal height in every latitude. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon He got obliquely across the spaces of his great armchair so as to incline confidentially to my ear, he curled up his little legs, and I, in my longer way, adopted a corresponding receptive obliquity. Tono Bungay But that is not all, that is not his worst defect; his worst defect is his perpetual moral obliquity, perpetual--from the days of the Flood to the Schleswig-Holstein period. Notes from the Underground It is a condition observed far more frequently in fore than in hind limbs, and is seen in connection with low heels, more or less obliquity of the wall, and a tendency to contraction. Diseases of the Horse's Foot She has a halt in her gait, red hair, and a trifling obliquity of vision. Vanity Fair The oblique course of the projectile, from its very obliquity, gave Michel Ardan some hopes of striking the lunar disc at some point or other. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon There was, I seem to remember, a secular intensification of his features; his nose developed character, became aggressive, stuck out at the world more and more; the obliquity of his mouth, I think, increased. Tono Bungay He bends his head, and moves with an indescribable obliquity of gait, as if unwilling to display his full front to the world. From Twice Told Tales The obliquity of the latter is more marked than in the previous condition, and progression, to a large extent, takes place upon the heels. Diseases of the Horse's Foot They were at present bent to still greater obliquity by the heaviness of their produce. The Woodlanders And yet it is this very obliquity of thought and memory which makes mental disease such a fascinating study. Dracula Whatever of moral timidity or obliquity may have lain in such a decision, no perception of it was strong enough to detain him. A Pair of Blue Eyes He had always felt a sort of imaginative tenderness for poor little unexplained Giacosa, and these words seemed a supreme contortion of the mysterious obliquity of his life. Roderick Hudson At the same time, a greater obliquity of the limb axis may be given by the use of a suitable shoe. Diseases of the Horse's Foot In this light Grace's bold avowal might merely have denoted the desperation of one who was a child to the realities of obliquity. The Woodlanders Whether owing to obliquity of disturbed vision, tricks of shadow, or movement of the vessel between the stars and foam, the Irishman saw these singular emanations spread about him into space. The Centaur Worthy views want not such obliquities as these on either side. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 "The climate depends primarily on latitude, since this indicates distance from the source of heat, and the degree of obliquity of the heating rays." Life: Its True Genesis This obliquity decreases as the quarters are reached, until on reaching the heels the wall is nearly upright. Diseases of the Horse's Foot Here Creedle threw grieved remembrance into physical form by slowly resigning his head to obliquity and letting his eyes water. The Woodlanders One writer speaks of a certain feminine obliquity, but hastens to say that girls in these schools soon accept its code of honor. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene There was a moral obliquity about his present position; the new light of his discovery showed him this strongly. Thoroughbreds A man who is punctiliously proper has usually become so in consequence of an attempt to cover up his mental deficiencies or his moral obliquities. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays This Virgilian art, in which Milton has surpassed his master, was represented by this pair of literary bandits as theft, and held to prove at once moral obliquity and intellectual feebleness. Milton The head is strangely poised, much as if the artist intended to suggest the fact of decapitation; obliquity of vision, a defect hereditary in the Montmorencys, is also indicated, adding singularity. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne The one great hope, however, that the cruel obliquity would be cured by the mother's love when it awoke amply sustained me. The Heavenly Twins Her answer to such a proposition would have been that there was but one standard, and that what differed from that were not moral principles at all, but excuses for immoral obliquity. The Pagans I have said that there are some men who are punctiliously proper for the purpose of covering their moral obliquities. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays I knew Rupert was no seaman—was pretty well satisfied, by this time, he never would make one—but I could not explain all his obliquities by referring them to ignorance. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Still it is faulty in conduct, and shows some obliquity of vision. Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. For a time, it was the fashion to make a moral question of Poe's unfortunate obliquities; but a more humane tendency reduces it to a scientific problem. A Study of Hawthorne The boy resembled his hideous mother, but with the addition of a villainous obliquity of vision which rendered him the most disgusting object in this singular trio. Life in the Backwoods He measured the obliquity of the ecliptic, and agreed with Eratosthenes. History of Astronomy But, as has been said, there may be a culpable perversion of the intellect, so that the man is the author of his own obliquity or defect of vision. Moral Philosophy Where, indeed, is the statesman that could bear to have his obliquities thus chronicled? or where is the Cabinet that would not shrink from such an inroad of light into its recesses? Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 A species of moral obliquity pervades a large class of the community, by which the individuals composing it are prevented from discerning between truth and falsehood, except as either tends to their own personal aggrandisement. The Englishwoman in America As far as my observations go, the Mongolian fold is very slight with the natives of Borneo, or not present at all, and the obliquity of the eyes is seldom striking. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 The origin of this slander we may trace back to the strange obliquity of principles, and the blind merciless rage which are characteristic of bigotry. The Koran (Al-Qur'an) The right supposes no moral obliquity, no formal injustice on the part of the aggressor: he may be a madman making for you with a drawn sword. Moral Philosophy If I wanted to fawn on you," she went on, "I might say that, with such a comrade in obliquity to wind and double about with, I'd risk losing myself in the mine. The Awkward Age There was no cynicism in his nature, no cruelty, no obliquity, no remorse; nothing but sunshine with a few clouds sailing across the fathomless blue spaces—the sky of Hellas. Old Calabria The world has a great deal to say about incurable cases of moral obliquity and deformity. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII Yet our vision is doubtless prophetic, whatever obliquities our frequent astigmatism may impart to it. Seven English Cities The piece of Euripides is a singular example of poetic, or rather unpoetic obliquity; we should never have done were we to attempt to point out all its absurdities and contradictions. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature But their power of evil only extended, or was only employed, to vex those who by a certain obliquity of conduct gave occasion for their reproofs. Lives of the Necromancers "Have you tried to win him back to the path of duty, to waken him to a realizing sense of his obliquity?" We Can't Have Everything Irving had sight only in one eye, an obliquity caused, it is suggested, by lying when a baby in a wooden cradle, the sides of which prevented the other from gathering light. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 I was going on; when interrupting me, You see, Mr. Lovelace, said she, how you have embarrassed yourself by your obliquities! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 Eyes large and fairly wide apart, with just the faintest hint of Mongol obliquity. Children of the Frost Obliquity -- N. obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness &c. adj.; slopeness†; leaning &c. v.; bevel, tilt; bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch; distortion &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases And yet her conscience inarticulately accused her of obliquity. Hilda Lessways I investigated from my observations the place of equinox and the obliquity of the ecliptic. Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy The laws that men generally refer their actions to, to judge of their rectitude or obliquity, seem to me to be these three:—1. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 He determined," says Delambre, "the position of the stars by right ascensions and declinations, and was acquainted with the obliquity of the ecliptic. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements I am astonished at you! said I.—If you are a man of honour, what need of all this strange obliquity? Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 Some will pin their faith even to the crossing of a T, "the perpendicularity, my lord," of a down-stroke, or the "obliquity" of an upstroke. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) This came to me in confidence, however, and the obliquity of it spread no farther beyond the family lines. The Boss of Little Arcady Some rise in the world some sink; some start along the road of grandeur or obliquity, and then backslide or reform. The Century Vocabulary Builder Some have maintained that the obelisks which the Egyptians erected served the purpose of gnomons for determining the obliquity of the ecliptic, the altitude of the pole, and the length of the tropical year. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements Much obliquity was to be expected, indeed, from the avowed apologist of a persecuted party, like the former writer. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 They knew the obliquity of the ecliptic, and determined the place of the sun's apogee as well as its mean motion. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. As well might the writhing obliquity of the serpent be compared to the swift directness of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. Hastings's ambition to the simple steadiness of genuine magnanimity. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 Belt, on the other hand, held that the cold was due to an increase in the obliquity of the ecliptic. The Naturalist in Nicaragua Pythagoras taught the obliquity of the ecliptic, probably learned in Egypt, and the identity of the morning and evening stars. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements The odes are the most familiar of Anacreon's odes, however, and no one could think of moral obliquity in connection with Boito's use of them. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Pythagoras, born 580 B.C., taught the obliquity of the ecliptic, probably learned in Egypt, and the identity of the morning and evening stars. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. If I lie, it is to temporize with lying Lest obliquity should suffer in the light. Guns of the Gods The original figure was traced on a large scale, and from the obliquity of the line of view the outer parts of the diagram are much exaggerated. The Power of Movement in Plants The Chinese also determined the obliquity of the ecliptic eleven hundred years before our era. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements Its performance by the National Opera Company did greater justice to its spectacular than its musical features, but in this there was not a large measure of artistic obliquity. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Some have maintained that the obelisks which they erected served the purpose of gnomons, for determining the obliquity of the ecliptic, the altitude of the pole, and the length of the tropical year. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Such self-complacency is a fearful shield against criticism, and particularly so because it gives as a rule so few opportunities for any outside person, however intimate, to expose the obliquity of such a temperament. At Large The obliquity of the several lines is due partly to the manner in which the leaflet was viewed, and partly to its having moved a little towards the light. The Power of Movement in Plants He had learned to be very considerate of their weaknesses, peculiarities and moral obliquities. Cast Adrift "Have you reasoned with her concerning this singular obliquity of her mental vision?" St. Elmo He determined," says Delambre, "the position of the stars by right ascensions and declinations; he was acquainted with the obliquity of the ecliptic. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. But no amount of travel, no association with his betters, could pierce his stolid pachydermatous obliquity. South Wind The boy resembled his hideous mother, but with the addition of a villanous obliquity of vision which rendered him the most disgusting object in this singular trio. Roughing It in the Bush He licked his lips instinctively, snuffed the air, and squinted with a most horrible obliquity of vision. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Her very directness piqued me to a perverse and delicious obliquity. Simon the Jester This perhaps accounted for the obliquity of his glance, which, some believed, conveyed a useful hint about his character. The Girl from Keller's There's enough moral obliquity in Cheyenne to keep her conscience in a state of healthful activity all the time. Dr. Breen's Practice Among the big corporations themselves, even where they did wrong, there was a wide difference in the moral obliquity indicated by the wrongdoer. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography In the main, obliquity and smallness of aperture go with the presence of the Mongolian fold. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo Into mortal mind's material obliquity I gazed and stood abashed. Christian Science Such occurrences were rare, however, for her obliquity always seemed mental rather than moral. Marm Lisa In their opinion, only the strangest obliquity of judgment can explain such infatuation. Irish Race in the Past and the Present The conventionalist would seek it in moral obliquity; the radical, in a temperament that is irked by the superficialities that comprise so large a part of conventional standards. Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground As regards obliquity of the aperture, in rather more than half it was recorded as slight, in one quarter as lacking, and in the rest as moderate. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo Plato, Pythagoras, and Aristotle, that the sun receives a transverse motion from the obliquity of the zodiac, which is guarded by the tropics; all these the globe clearly manifests. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Where the person suspected of mysterious moral obliquity is the possessor of great physical and intellectual attractions, the mere sense of incongruity adds an extra shudder to dread. Desperate Remedies We do not feel quite at ease in the company or friendship of those who have any natural obliquity or imperfection of person. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners We are told that the difference is one of moral obliquity. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) I object to obliquity of procedure and ambiguity of speech in all shapes. Evolution and Ethics It is supposed that Pythagoras made the first discovery of the obliquity of the zodiac, but one Oenopides of Chios challenges to himself the invention of it. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The dust on the ledge was nearly on a level with the woman's eye, and, though insignificant in quantity, showed itself distinctly on account of this obliquity of vision. Desperate Remedies I do not think they mean any harm: at least, I can look at this obliquity with indifference in my own particular case. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners But surely there is no veil of secrecy about moral obliquity! The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) STEENSTRUP, Prof., on the dog of the Danish Middens. -on the obliquity of flounders. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 Mrs. Penniman was a tall, thin, fair, rather faded woman, with a perfectly amiable disposition, a high standard of gentility, a taste for light literature, and a certain foolish indirectness and obliquity of character. Washington Square Being of the same class, she had looked at her lodger from the first without obliquity of vision. Fraternity These sort of partial obliquities, as they are more entertaining and original, are also by their nature intermittent. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners No, it is not because of moral obliquity. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) It is true that 'scoundrel' is rather a harsh term to apply to a man whose moral obliquities have not received the official stamp in open court by a jury of his peers. The Red Acorn The gorging of the eyes with blood during screaming is an important factor in the physiology of weeping, and indirectly in the obliquity of the eyebrows—a characteristic expression of suffering. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 It makes me laugh to think of Dr. Dawson's indignation at your sentence about "obliquity of vision." More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Oh! if it is Willing obliquity of sense, descend, Heal all my wanderings, take me by the hand, And lead me homeward through the shadows. Robert Falconer Eye, destruction of the; change of position in; obliquity of, regarded as a beauty by the Chinese and Japanese. The Descent of Man He had investigated the obliquity of the ecliptic with extreme care, so far as the circumstances of astronomical observation would at that time permit. Great Astronomers They were of a deep hazel, exceedingly large and lustrous; and there was perceptible about them, ever and anon, just that amount of interesting obliquity which gives pregnancy to expression. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 I should say, then, that it shows no great moral obliquity on the part of parents if within certain limits they make their children’s lives a burden to them. The Way of All Flesh God forbid that I should accuse you of intentional wrong; but the besetting sin of a philanthropist, it appears to me, is apt to be a moral obliquity. The Blithedale Romance That observer had said that the obliquity corresponded to the side of a pentadecagon, or fifteen-sided figure, which is equivalent in modern phraseology to twenty-four degrees of arc. A History of Science — Volume 1 They would have made the donkey that stood between the two bundles of hay look at them with obliquity: supposing him to have, for an animal, a rum taste, and a turn for hilarity. The Egoist The world stands reversed, and, taking for granted his own uprightness, the stranger unhesitatingly imputes to them an obliquity of vision, a state of mind outwardly typified by the cat-like obliqueness of their eyes. The Soul of the Far East There was a little obliquity about the direction of the spout that made me hopeful, for the cachalot alone sends his spout diagonally upward, all the others spout vertically. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales By these he had calculated the obliquity of the ecliptic, closely enough to serve for a thousand years after. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh This difference in the obliquity of the eyebrows apparently depended on a difference in their general mobility, and in the strength of the pyramidal muscles. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals In an unwise moment we begged the draper's wife to honour us with a visit and explain the obliquities of the kitchen range and the tortuosities of the sink-spout to Miss Grieve. Penelope's Experiences in Scotland He uses those of Ibn-Junis in his discussion of the obliquity of the ecliptic, and also in the case of the problems of the greater inequalities of Jupiter and Saturn. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science In fact, just as strong desire goes by the name of passion in popular parlance, so mental obliquity on a grand scale is entitled madness. The Memorabilia Her sweetly shaped mouth with the slight obliquity of the lip and the little kink in her brow were extraordinarily familiar to me. The New Machiavelli The degree of obliquity in the eyebrows, whether assumed voluntarily or unconsciously, differs much in different persons. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals What manner of devilry has ever been That your obliquity may never do? The Man Against the Sky But this is not a point of any importance with respect to the expression which is caused by the obliquity of the eyebrows, nor of much importance to the theory of its origin. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals General effect of grief on the system—Obliquity of the eyebrows under suffering— On the cause of the obliquity of the eyebrows—On the depression of the corners of the mouth 176-195 CHAP. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals |
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