| 单词 | obscurely |
| 例句 | Kingshaw was obscurely comforted by the long, thin, man's arms around his body, and the bumping rhythm of his walk. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Anyway, she thought obscurely, it’s my last chance. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I was filled with a wordless, obscurely murderous unrest. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z In English I can fake an Orkney accent better than a German one, so we went with that when I was operational—obscurely difficult to identify. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I was sorry for the two little bonobos and, I guess, obscurely apologizing on my mom’s behalf, for her choosing to stay six years ago and breaking us all up. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He was obscurely terrified lest she should cease to be something he could feel himself unworthy of. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The second note lies obscurely under a streak of ketchup, or catsup, but the third is electric. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Cartographers create fictional landmarks, streets, and municipalities and place them obscurely into their maps. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “A mentational entity,” he said obscurely, “which isn’t one of us four.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Clearly they were of the opinion that Jack had done the decent thing, had put himself in the right by his generous apology and Ralph, obscurely, in the wrong. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Blinking away the brightness of the street outside my eyes picked him out obscurely in the anteroom, talking to another man. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z At some point they got themselves into some kind of trouble, documented only obscurely in Chuck Day’s journal: “Talked ourselves out of a coupla places... cops, etc.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But obscurely, behind the scenes, was a white boss—a president, or board chairman, or some other title, pulling the real strings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After years of dutifully teaching the same text, he has been obscurely moved by a detail in it that he has never properly attended to before. The Books I Loved in 2015 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Now you sit down and there's a universe of possibilities – many of them obscurely relevant to the work you should be getting on with – to tempt you. The internet: is it changing the way we think? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z There is no shortage of sequins, and the first King I meet, Emanuel Febbo, is an Italian policeman, which seems obscurely fitting. The next big King: Elvis impersonators compete at European championships 2013-01-04T19:52:54Z Think of the obscurely nauseous casino ping of tugging downward on Instagram and seeing it refresh with a notification, the instant dopamine rush. What Tweets and Emojis Did to the Novel 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Both the novel and the poem are notoriously challenging, obscurely allusive and highly uneasy about their modern time and the rubble of tradition astride which it stood. Was 1925 Literary Modernism’s Most Important Year? 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z On my flight home a week later, I felt obscurely sad. A Husband for Home; a Wife for Away 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The Hothouse is set in a mysteriously undefined institution, obscurely referred to as both "rest home" and "sanatorium". Pinter's Hothouse will never cool down 2013-05-09T10:45:25Z There are musical interludes which are mysterious and obscurely moving. The Portuguese Nun ? review 2011-01-20T22:29:01Z Last year I watched a couple of his dance performances – called, obscurely, Amidst a Sea of Flailing High Heels and Cooking Utensils – at Tate Tanks and London's Chisenhale Gallery. Eddie Peake: from naked football to giant giraffes 2013-05-09T16:51:49Z Instead, we have the word “catty”—or, more obscurely, “cattish,” or “cat-witted”—to mean spiteful and small-minded. The Bittersweet Announcement of a New Beatrix Potter Book 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z They are works of art, obscurely and yet unmistakably saturated with the passion and personality of their creator. Review: Daniel Day-Lewis Sews Up Another Great Performance in ‘Phantom Thread’ 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z The piece is obscurely titled “Uraeus,” referencing the upright form of the Egyptian cobra associated with the serpent goddess Wadjet and used as a symbol of power on the crowns of the pharaohs. Anselm Kiefer Sculpture Will Go Up at Rockefeller Center 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z The viral meme infiltrating our fraught politics began obscurely on a New Zealand radio show on which the hosts help rationalize absurd, illogical purchases their listeners share with them. Girl math vs. Boy math: an insight into the internet's tit-for-tat battle of the sexes 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Of course that is to satirise the bourgeoisie, yet Eisenstein appears in that instant on the women’s side, obscurely excited by the exotic flare-up of aggression. Hallucinating history: when Stalin and Eisenstein reinvented a revolution 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z But Ms. Mooney fought against the entire force originally and obscurely, moving around in opposition to rhythmic forces of the music, keeping her words blurry. Replica and La Misma, Hard-Core Bands at Acheron 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z But, by the end, “Divers” refers — obscurely — to Demeter, symbol of fertility, goddess of harvest. Review: Joanna Newsom’s ‘Divers’ Shares Thoughts of Life and Death 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Herheim takes complex operas and renders them more so; “Pelléas,” the enigmatic tale of a love triangle among members of an obscurely melancholy, aristocratic family, is no exception. Review: An Operatic Locavore Consumes the English Countryside 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z My son is 14 today and for his birthday—in addition to a bicycle, a basketball, and a T-shirt with an obscurely offensive image—I am giving him the gift of privacy. The gift of privacy: How Edward Snowden changed the way I parent 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z But it’s oddly reassuring, and obscurely enlivening, to know they exist. Perspective | These U.S. Agriculture Department paintings of fruits and nuts are actually stunning 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z You would have to include the Air Force Association and the obscurely named Submarine Industrial Base Council, among others. Profiteers of armageddon: Oppenheimer and the birth of the nuclear-industrial complex 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Somewhat obscurely, Aristotle claims that this first cause is “thought thinking itself.” Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Republicans do their "managing" a bit more obscurely, but even more harmfully for the whole idea of democracy. Why U.S. Republicans are now adopting Putin-style "managed" democracy 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z To protect his privacy, I don’t want to explain that his performance is also a factor, and hinting obscurely about “other reasons” would incite gossip. Perspective | Pandemic stress is bringing out our boss’s nasty side 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z He tweeted, obscurely: “Tell the Democrat governors that ‘Mutiny On The Bounty’ was one of my all-time favorite movies. 'We don’t have a king': Trump and Cuomo in bizarre exchange over Covid-19 response 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Face masks, hand sanitiser and protective gear have replaced childhood trinkets, forgotten items of clothing and obscurely named local snacks. Dad has always sent care packages from China. Now it’s face masks instead of snacks | Yang Tian 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z The trilogy culminates, obscurely, with the introduction of consumer nanotechnology through a chain of convenience stores. How William Gibson Keeps His Science Fiction Real 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Nunes warned obscurely of the prospect of “nude pictures of Trump.” The Sober Clarity of the Impeachment Witnesses 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Death weaves in and out of the narrative and takes it over in the end, in the solemn and mysterious section about the troubled second Hersland son, David, who obscurely wills his own early death. Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, and “The Making of Americans” 2005-06-06T04:00:00Z But the whole of the process, apart from eating it, was calming, obscurely grounding and quite fun. Sourdough is Silicon Valley’s latest craze – could I beat the coders and bake the perfect loaf? 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z They are driven by sexual secrets, and Gibbeah is obscurely cursed: dead cows with upside-down heads wash up in the river, and the sky drips with black feathers and blood. Why Marlon James Decided to Write an African “Game of Thrones” 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z It carries numerous articles by people from the obscurely funded Institute of Economic Affairs and from the Cato Institute. How US billionaires are fuelling the hard-right cause in Britain | George Monbiot 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z He’s just one of those many departed people who richly deserve this kind of attention for how they lived, but don’t receive it because they lived obscurely. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Ross said he was retaining an interest in several obscurely named offshore entities, mostly based in the Cayman Islands. Wilbur Ross denies wrongdoing after Paradise Papers leak 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z When I ask about this, Beck speaks, obscurely, about a recent accident. Beck: ‘I wanted to make something that felt good’ 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z Jesus Christ lived obscurely for most of his life, and never travelled far. Watch Queen Elizabeth's Christmas Day Address for 2016 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Then there’s the minor matter of the Constitution and its obscurely named “emoluments clause,” which forbids the receipt by a U.S. official of funds or gifts from foreign governments. A new solution for Trump and his team of billionaires: Ignore the law 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z “I am convinced,” Coates declares, obscurely but ominously, “that the Dreamers, at least the Dreamers of today, would rather live white than free.” How voters’ personal suffering overtook reason — and brought us Donald Trump 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z But her favorites are those who are “obscurely famous,” like New York socialites. The Digital Wedding Crashers 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z The most obscurely located new restaurant in town? Officine Brera is so grand and serious that it's nearly operatic 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z As a result, the actual offer letters to parents tended to bury the most important information—a choice to enroll their children in a better school, along with free busing—in obscurely worded form letters. How Congress Left Behind Public-School Choice 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z I was impressed because I didn’t know many world famous artists, especially one as obscurely famous as Vito. Growing up in Sonic Youth 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z This revelation sickened me, in part because I could see, obscurely, a parallel with what I’d done. Dirt for art's sake: what's offensive and what's essential in author biographies? 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Last October, Walker looked directly into a camera in a 30-second commercial and talked obscurely about favoring legislation that “leaves the final decision to a woman and her doctor.” Gov. Scott Walker Faces Flip-Flop Storm in N.H. 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z It's in an obscurely marked storefront in an odd part of town. A delightful Middle Eastern smorgasbord at Adana in Glendale 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z Whether he wanted to be one or not, Kafka is a great artist: he can’t solve the problem, but he can write about it brilliantly if necessarily obscurely. Reading group: searching for meaning in Kafka 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z It presumably is this to which Prof. Krugman obscurely alludes in a blog entitled The She-Devil of Constitution Avenue: Pulitzer's Advice Applies To Krugman: "Put It Before Them...Above All, Accurately" 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z It is the reality of a hockey life somehow lived obscurely in plain sight. Washington Capitals’ equipment manager Woody Leydig, on the job 25 years 2013-11-26T19:18:47Z Sheikh Hamad said somewhat obscurely that he is moving “to another position” to serve “my homeland and its people.” Qatar’s Succession Drama 2013-06-25T17:22:00Z The atmosphere appeared to be loaded with a thick vapour: the Sun was rarely visible, and only at short intervals appearing very obscurely behind a semitransparent substance.” Tambora Erupts in 1815 and Changes World History [Excerpt] 2013-03-01T18:45:00.280Z I am obscurely relieved that they look hard. David Perry - From An Earthworm To Gaikai, Sony And A $380m Sale 2012-08-02T16:19:59Z Noble dreams, petty acts; and here, if a little obscurely, may be hidden the reason why, when he seeks his fortune in London, his greatest successes are the minor successes of drapery and milk.... Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Glumes thin-membranaceous, the two lower persistent, nearly equal, acute, keeled; the flowering ones obscurely nerved, acutely 2-cleft at the apex, bearing a slender twisted awn below the middle. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z This doctrine, according to Plotinus, is very ancient, and obscurely asserted even by Parmenides. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z Pitchfork, the music Web site that is our era’s Rolling Stone, made its name initially by writing obscurely about the obscure. Riff: Why the Old-School Music Snob Is the Least Cool Kid on Twitter 2012-04-07T05:51:07Z And when we speak of Joseph’s life as typical, we mean that it illustrates on a great scale and in picturesque and memorable situations principles which are obscurely operative in our own experience. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z Indeed, the mathematical ideas involved were indicated, and not obscurely, by Faraday himself. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z SAPONÀRIA, L. Calyx narrowly ovoid or oblong, 5-toothed, obscurely nerved, naked. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z And now you see the Geschlechtsleben working yeastily and obscurely, and once again the quacking of the Norns is audible. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Why do they show the facts only obscurely and dubiously? The Psychology of Arithmetic 2012-03-31T02:00:28.817Z I am ashamed to jot down thus obscurely the points on which I should have liked to speak, and I know that our brethren can fully deal with them. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z As things are, His glory is but obscurely visible in His saints. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Petals 5, much smaller than the sepals, concave and obscurely 2-lobed, raised on a claw. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z During the tardy scrutiny of the audit board he lived obscurely and maintained himself by writing for magazines and newspapers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z That changes of structure caused by changes of action must be transmitted, however obscurely, appears to be a deduction from first principles—or if not a specific deduction, still, a general implication. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z And so from that dark office or parlor in Fenchurch Street or Change Alley, set in motion, obscurely, imperceptibly at first, the mighty impetus that was to reach to such tremendous ends? Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z In an age of scepticism and science like our own, it belongs to “the wiles of the devil” to work obscurely. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z L. Dràba, L. Perennial, obscurely hoary; leaves oval or oblong, the upper with broad clasping auricles; flowers corymbose; pods heart-shaped, wingless, thickish, entire, tipped with a conspicuous style.—Astoria, near New York, D. C. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Female above uniform greenish olive, obscurely streaked with dusky; below light yellowish buff; wings and tail nearly as in male, but duller. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z He had his book obscurely printed and it has been unobtainable at bookstores until recently.... The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z Leaves.—Linear; entire; obscurely three-nerved; two to four inches long; one to three lines wide. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z This article was entitled What Is Wrong With Our Drama? and was signed with some obscurely allusive pseudonym. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Ovary 3-celled. with 2–6 ovules in each cell; style slender, deciduous by a joint; stigma obtuse or capitate, obscurely 3-lobed. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z But if, as I have suggested, much of his mind appears fitfully and obscurely in his letters, this side is fully irradiated from first to last. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Misson has noticed a Dance of Death in St. Mary’s church at Berlin, and obscurely referred to another in some church at Nuremberg. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Leaves.—Ovate; often somewhat cordate at base; acute or obtuse; six to eighteen lines long; obscurely crenate. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Riddle, rid′l, n. an obscure description of something which the hearer is asked to name: a puzzling question: an enigma: anything puzzling, even a person.—v.i. to make riddles: to speak obscurely: to plait.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Leaves glabrous and shining, obovate-spatulate or narrowly wedge-form, with a long tapering base and an often obscurely 3-lobed summit, varying to oblanceolate; cup saucer-shaped or hemispherical.—Wet grounds, around ponds, etc., The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z It was now all but twenty years since Henry had last seen America, and the desire once more to visit his country began to stir obscurely in his mind. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Here he speaks obscurely, and adopts the error that Holbein had some hand in it. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z The writing of this paper cost me four months: but I was so unwell when I received the proof-sheets that I was forced to leave them very badly and often obscurely expressed. Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters 2012-01-22T03:00:19.733Z The meat-based hardware and software of the brain are far more obscurely interrelated. Your Brain Was Made For Visual Modeling 2012-01-19T14:44:02Z Crown of 5 free membranaceous leaflets, which are truncate or obscurely lobed at the apex, where they bear a pair of flexuous awns united at base. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z For, notwithstanding the vehement protestations of loyalty expressed in the National Covenant, armed resistance to the royal authority was not obscurely hinted at in it. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z On the other hand, he is called God but three times, and denominates himself "the Son of God" but once, and that rather obscurely. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z It is difficult—it is well nigh impossible—for a girl to put a name to certain small cuddlings not in themselves terrifying, nor even unpleasant, but which she obscurely feels to be wrong. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z Published obscurely, and the work of an unknown writer, it gradually forced its way to the front.... The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z Finding me obstinately determined to persevere in concealment, she proceeded to hint not obscurely, that it would be necessary to consider of some means of supply, or to provide myself with another abode. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Beyond the violet end are waves still more mysterious; whose very existence man for ages never suspected, and whose ultimate potencies are still but obscurely known. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z "Well, no, not exactly; that is, somewhat," he answered obscurely. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z He obscurely intimated charges of treachery and collusion. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Yet it has its purest expression, free from all foreign admixture, in that obscurely felt yet inconsolable misery called remorse. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z He had been with me all the while, and only too obscurely and intimately—I had not found him in the market as an exhibited or offered value. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z What advance can we make in inward mastery? how far extend our grasp over the whole range of faculty with which we are obscurely endowed? Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Sleep is a pathless labyrinth, Dark to the gaze of moons and suns, Through which the colored clue of dreams, A gossamer thread, obscurely runs. The Star-Treader and other poems 2011-12-27T03:00:09.977Z On the second amendment, which obscurely questioned the policy of both treaties the numbers were 290 to 89. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z They are generally suggested by obscurely felt bodily impressions. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Not man nor man's work—only the green things, only the brown earth that to-day humbly supports thee, to-morrow obscurely covers thee. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z And naturally so; since there is no emotion subliminal over so wide a range of origin,—fed so obscurely by "all thoughts, all passions, all delights,"—and consequently so mysterious even to the percipient himself. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z These were the days of the hopes of reunion, at which Santa Clara's book had not obscurely glanced; the days in which the appeal to the Pope, described above, was drawn up. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z When a neurosis breaks out in later life, analysis regularly shows that it is a direct continuation of that infantile malady which had perhaps developed only obscurely and incipiently. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z Or might some tatter of preposterous humanity still work obscurely in him? Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z Nor is this idea held imperfectly or obscurely developed in their minds. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Above cinnamon brown, sometimes obscurely barred; tail the same, all the feathers barred; below grayish with a brownish wash, lower belly and flanks usually more or less barred. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z European beech.—Leaves oblong, ovate, obscurely toothed; margin ciliate. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z The end is death in some fever-stricken swamp, obscurely, worn out by exposure and ague and starvation. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z So that both eyes and mind perceive The Outer more and more obscurely, focusing more and more on The Remote. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Into this the sun was born, so obscurely that it rode high above the mountain's edge, shorn and dull, a rubber ball, before we discovered it. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z Brownish black more or less varied with rusty; tail obscurely barred. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Tail, which is rounded and more nearly square than the other swallows, is obscurely edged with white. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z A few peaches are distinctly striped; some plums and cherries obscurely so. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z The practice of physic and surgery was then but obscurely known, compared with the more enlightened practioners of these days. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z This principle has become entangled among the dogmas of the Church, and has been able to express itself but very obscurely in the public worship. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Above brownish gray obscurely streaked with brownish, no olive tint; below white streaked with brownish. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z She tried to place herself still more obscurely; but, by moving, caught the eye of the object she meant to avoid. The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z Fruit large, oblate, sometimes oblique; Surface light yellow, mostly covered with bright crimson, obscurely striped; Dots small, white. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z After the Restoration he was, of course, ejected, when he retired to Oxford, and lived obscurely many years, with his wife, in the parish of St. Ebbs. Notes and Queries, Number 84, June 7, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-12T02:00:27.427Z There seemed no apparent alliance between the two, yet both were strangely, though obscurely, associated with it. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z Rump rusty; tail tipped and outer feathers barred with pale rusty; above grayish brown lightly speckled with blackish; below, including belly, whitish; breast obscurely streaked with brownish. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z How can the man whose uneventful days, Each like the other, are obscurely spent Amid the mill's dead products, keep his gaze Upon a lofty goal serenely bent? Sonnets and Other Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:08.503Z Fruit roundish, flattened, slightly conical, obscurely angular or flattened on the sides; Surface smooth, yellow, more or less covered with red, striped crimson; Dots numerous. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z At last, vaguely, obscurely, there came to the Herr Doktor the knowledge of where he was, and who was with him there. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z And to the Sergeant the answer came as the revelation of something long and obscurely felt. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Above olive-green lightly streaked with black; below yellowish white; breast obscurely streaked. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The hombres were working at the hold immediately below us, their labours made obscurely bright by a roaring flame of volatalised oil. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Fruit elongated, conic; Skin light yellow, shaded carmine, obscurely striped; Stalk of medium length, in an acute cavity, russeted; Calyx in a small furrowed basin. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z It has long, narrow, flat, obscurely keeled leaves, a deciduous spathe, and a globose umbel of whitish flowers, among which are small bulbils. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Great forces and fierce anatgonisms seemed to be moving, obscurely, about the royal cradle. Queen Victoria 2011-08-23T02:00:32.007Z Behind the veil of these mundane things, they feel, something quite different obscurely shimmers, shining forth clearly in the great moments of illumination, which alone give anything worthy to be called real knowledge of truth. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z We went slowly over a lower world obscurely lighted by phosphorescent waves. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Fruit medium, regular, conical, truncated; Surface smooth, light yellow, covered with fine russet, obscurely striped gray. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z The other elemental deities are but obscurely known. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The thought of perishing obscurely and in disguise was most revolting. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z His work was done quietly, unobtrusively, one might almost say, obscurely. Charles Edward Putney An Appreciation 2011-07-18T02:00:24.397Z Each one of us firmly even though obscurely possesses some conception of it. The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z Fruit medium, conical, often obscurely angular, or slightly ribbed; Surface rather smooth, bright or dark red, mixed and obscurely striped on yellow, which is mostly covered, often veined russet; Dots few, minute, indented. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z His violent death is obscurely indicated by the great Florentine poet; and the only claims to immortality that remain to Sordello to-day are his words and actions mentioned by Dante in the Purgatorio.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z In the folio or third edition of 1550 the various readings of the codices, obscurely referred to in the Preface to that of 1546, are entered in the margin. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. 2011-06-30T02:00:31.117Z The request was denied by his Holiness, who obscurely hinted his intention of carrying out the same design on his own account. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z The female is usually of a yellowish-brown colour with scattered brown dots; and the lower surface is often quite plain.39 The young are obscurely tinted. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z Fruit medium to large, handsome when fair, but often scabby on rich limestone soils and on old trees, conical, regular, sometimes obscurely angular; Surface smooth, yellow, often bronzy; Dots scattered, small, dark. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z The zoœcia are cylindrical and as a rule obscurely emarginate and furrowed. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z There, surrounded by nature, submitted to necessity, he rises obscurely through the successive degrees of inorganic matter, and then through the organic. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z But the rumour immediately died away, as obscurely as it had arisen. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z Many birds, especially those which live much on the ground, have undoubtedly been obscurely co238loured for the sake of protection. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z Fruit large to very large, fair and handsome, conical, truncated, sometimes obscurely angular; Surface smooth, pale yellow, striped and splashed distinctly bright red, sometimes shaded mixed red; Dots minute. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z This incubation of creative power in the vaporous mantle over the primæval ocean was a favourite imagination of old thinkers, and is not obscurely hinted at in the Book of Genesis. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z However obscurely they might discern the nature of those changes, they would still see that change was going on. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z "Well, you know very well he likes you, one always does!" she added, somewhat obscurely. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z By day the habitation is obscurely lighted through a small aperture in the roof glazed with oiled silk, and supplemented by a sort of funnel, the wide opening downwards. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z "Mother did not like to tell her," she said, somewhat obscurely. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Any private banker will reel off a list of obscurely named financial vehicles that will multiply the value of the gift. Wealth Matters: Wealthy Hesitate to Take a Break on Estate Taxes 2011-05-13T18:27:10Z The stone used is the pale-yellowish and reddish-gray, obscurely marbled limestone of the locality.... North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z "You knew the charm," old Reefe retorted; and his eyes twinkled obscurely, as he fixed them upon his visitor. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z Certain writings formerly ascribed to him consist of obscurely written treatises on mystical subjects. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z The colour is generally a deep dun, obscurely barred and patched with darker colour. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z It was headed obscurely with an R, some little figures of men, and two weeping eyes, which was where the writer was for the moment stationed. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z The idea of caste, of arbitrary classes of people, had only come to her newly or obscurely through newspapers or novels. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z And here was the last half of that quatrain, obscurely inscribed—as if the embroiderer had hardly understood their full significance—on the handiwork of Adela Reefe. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z Perhaps more poetically or obscurely the same proposition is expressed by declaring: "When we think existence, existence thinks in us," and "The pulse of existence itself beats in our thinking." Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z It is inconceivable that it is intended to stir up pogroms in this country, though the suggestion is not obscurely made in recent articles in the Times and the Spectator. The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs or, The truth about the forged protocols of the elders of Zion 2011-04-01T02:00:43.730Z For, on these Occasions, a skilful Manager often talks confusedly, and obscurely, with Design; which if an Historian should endeavour to amend, the Reader would receive the History in a false Light. The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Part I, Part II 2011-04-01T02:00:35.400Z It turns out just such a night as was wished for—moonless, still not obscurely dark. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z Ware, too, only obscurely hinted that, besides the Catholic Bishop Eugene, there was another contemporary of the same name holding from the crown the see of Achonry. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865 2011-03-04T03:01:02.750Z This belief in individual immortality is expressed poetically and obscurely: it is later than the eschatology of the people. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z A. H. C.: There are clearly three hands at work here, one of whom writes obscurely and uses a good deal of rhyme. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z And carry you obscurely somewhere else, Lest that his Highness should have found you there. The Spanish Tragedy 2011-02-21T03:00:10.373Z So fell a gallant man-at-arms, obscurely slain—ingloriously in a sense, yet dying in strict accordance with the principles which had actuated him through life. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z But in the organs of sense these pores are specially adapted to receive the effluxes which are continually rising from bodies around us; and in this way perception is somewhat obscurely explained. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z And mumble obscurely while flogging Irish Lottery tickets. Football transfer rumours: Robin van Persie to Real Madrid? 2011-01-19T09:04:26Z With many species of butterflies the upper surfaces of the wings are obscurely coloured, and this in all probability leads to their escaping observation and danger. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z Bret Harte was sometimes a little careless in his style, careless, that is, in the way of writing obscurely or ungrammatically, but very seldom so careless as to write in a dull or unmusical fashion. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z How many, who have Reams of Paper spoil’d, Have often sleepless Nights obscurely toil’d, And buried in their Eggs, like Silkworms, lay ’Till his warm Satire shew’d them Life and Day? The Scribleriad and The Difference Between Verbal and Practical Virtue 2011-01-05T03:00:54.800Z She felt, obscurely, that they had been engaged enough for one evening. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z And mumble obscurely in a Ken Loach film. Football transfer rumours: Robin van Persie to Real Madrid? 2011-01-19T09:04:26Z What the Whigs had practised partially and obscurely Paine preached universally and with precision. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z Most obscurely, there's figgy pudding, which while not eaten much today is always tunefully requested in the second verse of the song "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." A Brief History Of Christmas Traditions 2010-12-22T07:40:00Z Now he was such a dandy, and nothing was too good for him; and he was irreproachable; he did not even go off for a few days at a time, wandering obscurely like a cat. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z Afoot he could not see it, except obscurely through the tops of the willows. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Another problem with climate change is called, more obscurely, "system justification." 2009-12-08T05:00:00Z Their reports, however, did not always agree precisely with each other, and their indications of time and distance lack the precision without which we proceed obscurely in the physical sciences. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. In the eighth, transference by virtue of the clearly expressed or obscurely expressed "sign," or by the predominant "sign," and cases where no transference takes place. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy Something obscurely good, an unconscious "better self," as men declare, which, though deeply and mysteriously hidden, dashes ahead like an unbroken colt, treading down the most elaborate results of careful thought? Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z Few glances were sent back to the palace, as those dim sheets of lightning, flashing up over the path they were pursuing, revealed obscurely, ever and anon, its broken and deserted turrets. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Beneath, the wings are clouded obscurely with tawny yellow and a dingy brownish tint, the yellow tinge predominating in the male. British Butterfiles Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species The Mission Church stood obscurely amid a press of mean houses, and as Michael hurried along the fetid narrow thoroughfare, the bell for Mass was clanging among the fog and smoke. Sinister Street, vol. 1 At an age when a young man is watching his moustache's progress, many a young woman is grappling heroically, obscurely, with the essential things of life. The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life He had forestalled the decision of the Court, so that agreements had been ready and signed on the Saturday evening, while leave had obscurely been granted on the Friday. A Bed of Roses His first gleam of masterful daring did not displease the girl; possibly, it obscurely gratified her. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play In England he lived obscurely for several years, gaining an intimate acquaintance with English literature and a practical acquaintance with poverty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" For no tides gave her birth, Nor the salt, glimmering middle depths; But slime spawned her, the couch of life, The sunless ooze, The green bed of Poseidon, Where with sordid Chaos he mingles obscurely. The Book of Susan A Novel Almost all of the series of any extent which have been examined, have the peculiarity that they manifest the periodicity quite uniformly and distinctly for a number of years, then for a while obscurely. Astronomical Discovery Mrs. Gereth contrived at the end of an hour to convey to Fleda that it was plain she was brutally ignorant; but Fleda more subtly discovered that her ignorance was obscurely active. The Spoils of Poynton Bright red, including large blunt bill; crested; black markings on face and throat; female olive-gray, tinged lightly with red and obscurely marked; fine songster. Wild Birds in City Parks Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago There was so much obscurely said of "larceny, simony, prevarication"! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 The settled conviction of both Villani and Dante that-xxxiv- a difference of race underlay the civil wars of Florence, rests upon a truth obscurely though powerfully felt by them. Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani "Then the stock of Charles, whom the whole world calls the Great," rejoined the Emperor with an incredulous and proud smile, "is, according to your theory, destined to run out obscurely in some do-nothing king?" The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century She obscurely made out that superiority, that sublimity, mightn't after all be fatal. The Spoils of Poynton Then he heard it himself, that thing he had already been hearing obscurely in his sleep. The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium In the Thelephorei, the lower surface of the cap presents neither gills, pores, nor spines, but instead the hymenium covers an uneven or slightly wrinkled surface, partially striate, sometimes obscurely papillose. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous William Blake was one of these men, and if he spoke confusedly and obscurely it was because he spoke things for whose speaking he could find no models in the world about him. Ideas of Good and Evil To these I must add several which remained obscurely in my memory, but which I did not record at the time of hearing or reading, not having then the intention of publishing such a book. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series The Emperors felt obscurely that the main pulses of human energy were slackening; population all tended to dwindle; the territory of the empire shrank slowly year by year before their eyes. A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists The fate of the Armada thus obscurely anticipated, resembles in particular the prophecy of the safe return of Ulysses to Ithaca, foretold by the shade of Tiresias, which was afterwards fulfilled by the Ph�acians. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem To put the matter less obscurely, the Feminists base themselves on Weininger's theory, according to which the male principle may be found in woman, and the female principle in man. The Intelligence of Woman What does Homer obscurely signify by the cave in Ithaca which he describes in the following verses? Ideas of Good and Evil The odiousness of hypocrisy is obscurely felt by the hypocrite himself. Toilers of the Sea He divined obscurely that this thing was happening in obedience to forces nameless and unknown to them, strange and terrific forces that worked mysteriously beyond their mortal ken. The Destroying Angel This period is not obscurely hinted at by their great Confucius in the second chapter of his Mundane Mutations, where he designates a kind of golden age by the term Cho-fang, literally the Cook's holiday. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time It was not from choice that he promulgated, however obscurely, the allegation of Mrs. Whiteway that the work had its origin in London. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition When she obscurely alluded to the letters preceding some smooth running of the underground railway, historians of the war itched to see the letters, and invited her to produce them. Rose MacLeod If you were only to read our humdrum letters," chimed in Emily, "you'd see how they never treat of anything but little domestic details of people who live as obscurely as ourselves. A Rent In A Cloud The rim is furnished with two small horizontal projections, and the body is somewhat obscurely lobed. Ancient Pottery of the Mississippi Valley Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 361-436 The sun rose obscurely and there was a fair prospect of rain. History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers Fruit large, form roundish conical often approaching oblong, obscurely ribbed; color yellowish, mostly shaded and obscurely striped with red, and thickly sprinkled with minute dots. The Apple The initials fit perfectly; and, thanks to Sebastian's cunning and to our cipher code, this letter is so obscurely worded that Gilcrest can gain from it no knowledge of our plans. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Christianity already existed in Rome, but obscurely, subterraneanly, among a class of poor people generally detested, particularly by the Jews. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal He accomplished this maneuver in silence, and with an air so withdrawn, so obscurely predestined, that he seemed innocent of all offense. The Return of the Prodigal For the poor treaty officials, what have they but rights very obscurely expressed and very weakly defended by their predecessors? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Fruit large, roundish, a little flattened, pretty regular, but often obscurely ribbed, dark green, becoming greenish yellow when ripe, when it sometimes shows a dull blush near the stalk. The Apple He certainly did not hold the doctrine of the Trinity in what was then deemed the orthodox way, but his precise belief is rather obscurely stated, and is a matter of indifference. Books Condemned to be Burnt She discovers that she too is a free creature, and, obscurely, there is formed in her mind the notion that every human being has a right to live. Contemporary Russian Novelists And Thesiger, though her admiration of Tarbuck was obscurely hateful to him, owned that, fine as she was, she was at her finest as she praised him. The Return of the Prodigal He closed, snarling not obscurely at Felipe the man and at any progeny of his which might appear in the future. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance Fruit medium, roundish, inclined to conic, sometimes obscurely ribbed. The Apple He shadowed it forth obscurely in his despatches. The History of Freedom Mary only confessed to feeling a little unwell, and hinted obscurely that perhaps she should be obliged to leave the place. Household Papers and Stories In the brown sporangia the dehiscence, as stated, is often definitely prefigured; in the multiple, red, obscurely, if at all. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species She coupled her own obscurely felt guilt with his greater one. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature Fruit medium or above, roundish oblate, yellow, mostly shaded with crimson, obscurely striped, and splashed with light dots. The Apple “That depends on how agreeable you make yourself,” he said obscurely. The Bandbox There is nothing that so apes the external bearing of free will as that unconscious bustle, obscurely following liquid laws, with which a river contends among obstructions. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) His sign, Aquarius, is obscurely indicated in the archivolt by some wavy lines representing water, unless the figure has been broken away. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), She feels, however obscurely, that this is foolish, antisocial, unnatural. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion Calyx small, set in a broad shallow basin, which is sometimes scarcely at all sunk, and obscurely plaited. The Apple In 1639 he published a series of arguments against atheism, in which the Cartesian views were not obscurely indicated as perilous for the faith, though no name was mentioned. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Under night’s cavern arch the shrubs obscurely bustled. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Even the terrace below obscurely rocked and quivered. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI Thus the Most Serene Archduke’s first perception of calamity was not that royal blood was to flow, but that it was to flow obscurely. The Missourian Eggs—Four, grayish white or bluish white, distinctly and obscurely spotted, speckled, and blotched with cinnamon brown or olive brown. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 4 October, 1897 Yet his pity for Millie Stope mounted obscurely, bringing with it thoughts, dim obligations and desires, to which he had declared himself dead. Wild Oranges He lit his cigar and looked obscurely pleased. Occasion for Disaster The former is obscurely indicated; but the mode in which the blessing was to be imparted was left in darkness. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 This curate, obscurely found in the Huasteca wilds and yet not a Mexican, was a large sleek man whose paunch bulged repulsively under the priestly surplice. The Missourian But a cold blue flame burned in it and Tommy was obscurely reminded of a neon tube, though the color was wholly unlike. The Fifth-Dimension Tube It was, obscurely, an unpleasant thought, and he endeavored—unsuccessfully—to put it from him. Wild Oranges The contents indeed of the sacred chest are of the simplest; a withered branch, a pot of food, two slabs of grey stone, obscurely engraved. The Thread of Gold Again Bertha was brought face to face with the great sacrifice she was obscurely contemplating. Money Magic A Novel By standing, it seemed to her obscurely, she could more easily escape if any such awful revelation as she was afraid of were to spring on her against her will. The Side Of The Angels A Novel She felt the impulse to protect and cherish––was it the voice of Mother Love obscurely speaking? Orphans of the Storm Immediately, however, and from higher up, he heard a shuffling, and could just make out a form heaving obscurely in the gloom. Wild Oranges The seeds of the maple, and of the ash and the linden, are obscurely colored, and they are winged; hence they do not need the aid of any creature in their dissemination. Ways of Nature Such was the rise of this prodigious fire,1 Which, in mean buildings first obscurely bred, From thence did soon to open streets aspire, And straight to palaces and temples spread. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Thor, having spent some hours before the stupefied village authorities, was surprised and obscurely disappointed not to be put under arrest. The Side Of The Angels A Novel The girl, without directly formulating so strong a case against Jane, obscurely held her accountable for that division from her father which she deplored. A Prairie Infanta “A flag,” she added obscurely, considering an appropriate covering for the still form. Wild Oranges St. Mark was the deity of Venice, and “the other twelve Apostles” were only obscurely connected with her religious life, which was strong and orthodox, but untroubled by metaphysical enthusiasms and inconvenient heresies. The Venetian School of Painting The simple explanation of it is that the religious sentiment has a purpose entirely distinct from ethics, a purpose constantly felt as something peculiar to itself, though obscurely seen and often wholly misconceived. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion They lay but a single egg, usually dull white and unmarked, but in some cases obscurely marked with reddish brown. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Moreover, a great number of men ideally fitted for commissions were killed fighting in the ranks or were allowed to serve obscurely in remote corners of the globe. With Manchesters in the East Already the cries of those who bade the party of de Leyva farewell were diminishing on the ear, and the turrets and steeples of Guadix became more obscurely perceptible in the distance. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. In Tintoret's Murder of Abel, the head of the sacrificed firstling lies in the corner of the foreground, obscurely sketched in, and with the light gleaming upon its glazed eyes. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) This connection taking place in quantities is proportion, respecting which certain general principles must be noted, as the subject is one open to many errors, and obscurely treated of by writers on art. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) The nests are made of grasses and sometimes moss; three or four eggs laid in June or July; white, blotched, lined and obscurely marked with brown and purplish; size .75 x .55. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. I live obscurely and peacefully in the bosom of my retreat, with a young and lovely wife; loved by those about me and doing some good. A Romance of the West Indies The bill was obscurely worded, and it has taken four decisions of the Supreme Court of Illinois to decide just the points which it covered and the limits to which it might be constitutionally extended. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Leaves thick, ovate, acuminate, acute at base, obscurely mucronate, serrate, finely pubescent, 3 to 4 in. long, one half as wide. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Leaves large; upper surface dark green, dull, rugose; lower surface dull gray, downy; lobes usually three, often obscurely five, terminal one acute; petiolar sinus deep; teeth shallow. Manual of American Grape-Growing The little burro, now obscurely melancholic, grazed in the meadow. The Trimming of Goosie And, indeed, some people think that Plato, in the Timæus, asserts this, only rather obscurely. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero I shall mention here one instance, to which, for obvious reasons, I can only refer obscurely; though it occupied him at intervals during many years. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Leaflets 5 to 9, oval, smooth, obscurely serrate. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Leaves large, thick; upper surface light green, dull, slightly rugose; lower surface grayish-white, pubescent; obscurely three-lobed with terminus acute; petiolar sinus deep, narrow, often closed and overlapping; teeth shallow. Manual of American Grape-Growing Whereas now, lying so still and peacefully, while the daylight came obscurely through the drawn blind, one was severed from the world, one shut oneself off in tacit denial of the world. The Rainbow It was now twilight, with the first stars appearing in a pallid violet sky; and up the valley could be discerned an obscurely rolling confusion 142 among the thickets. In the Morning of Time A woman, obscurely seen in the crowd, lifts her hands and cries again, this time in a voice ecstatic and piercing. The Faith Healer A Play in Three Acts Leaves oblong to obovate-lanceolate, acute, usually obscurely toothed, sometimes crenate or serrate, downy above, prominently veined, soft-hairy and somewhat glaucous beneath. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Th' Etruscan seer beheld That mighty revolutions they foretold; But yet obscurely: till his piercing eye He from the entrails turn'd to Cippus' horns. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II For he declared that he, being but a plain and somewhat rude man, had not in the least understood what was intimated so obscurely. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Of all that Ransome was aware obscurely, he shared their sense of that hidden and incalculable and enduring life. The Combined Maze Meantime it happens that, although the true house was most obscurely indicated, any house whatever in Oxford Street was most luminously excluded. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 This ring our duties own; And pardon, if to worth unknown, In semblance mean obscurely veiled, 215 Lady, in aught my folly failed. Lady of the Lake His "followers," however, differed very widely, and usually expressed themselves obscurely. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production It was thus obscurely known before it made its sudden leap into notoriety. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition He felt obscurely that he had become important to them, the chief figure of a little infamous tragedy. The Combined Maze It was obscurely hid in the wainscot under the wardrobe, where nobody could possibly see them going in and out—just to her liking. Harper's Young People, November 25, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Impelled as a man who feels a revelation mounting obscurely to his brain, Richard was passing one of those little forest-chapels, hung with votive wreaths, where the peasants halt to kneel and pray. English: Composition and Literature The apparition that had so suddenly loomed up before their eyes,—at first obscurely seen through the fog, but gradually becoming more distinct,—was enough to cause any amount of surprise. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Go down into your memory," Monsignor said after a little reflection, "and recall the first feeling which obscurely stirred your heart when the ideas of Irish and Catholic were presented to you. The Art of Disappearing If I expressed my explanations obscurely, I should have accomplished nothing by substituting one unintelligible statement for another. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy It is the philosophic child, the immanent Logos or the Christ incarnate, which legend represents as born obscurely in the midst of the filth of a cave serving as a stable. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts It was undoubtedly, a form of motor whose power was derived from some secret property of vibratory bodies, a recondite subject to which his books alluded but obscurely. The Doomsman As the magnificent forest was slowly and obscurely germinated in darkness, in the seeds from which it sprung, so are the great discoveries in science and philosophy matured in quietness and obscurity. Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 This must surely be the meaning of Horace in this Ode, however obscurely expressed. Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace She lived and died obscurely, and her name has well-nigh been forgotten in the land she served. The Red True Story Book He is the mouthpiece of its prevailing sentiments, and only the first to see clearly what many are beginning to perceive obscurely. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. The reading of books obscurely written, or in languages that task the utmost power of analysis, frequently has no other result, and probably no other object, than the trial of strength. A Manual of Moral Philosophy Whilst inoffensive people were suffering obscurely, the enemies of the tyrant were plotting to save themselves from the dreadful fate they saw so near them. Lectures on the French Revolution And they came bringing a report back of oracles ambiguously worded, indistinct, and obscurely delivered. Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes He felt obscurely that any step taken with her would prove irrevocable. Mountain Blood A Novel He observes but few objects, and these very obscurely. The Faith of Our Fathers It is but a short sentence, gentlemen,—this, in the old edition of Vasari, and obscurely worded,—a very foolish person's contemptuous report of a thing to him totally incomprehensible. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving Whilst the revolutionary historians, aided by public events, were predominating in France, the conservatives competed obscurely, and at first without success. Lectures on the French Revolution And if aught of this is obscurely uttered, and hard to be understood, question me anew, and learn it thoroughly and clearly: as for leisure, I have more than I desire. Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes Gordon considered the idea, and, obscurely, it troubled him, moved him a space from his apathy. Mountain Blood A Novel His reply obscurely conveys his sense of some failure in their good-fellowship. The Wagnerian Romances Fate—in such a story—must assume a half-human, half-personal shape, and must brood, obscurely and sombrely, over the incidents and the characters. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Thus obscurely, painfully, and almost ignominiously, closed the career of the most brilliant, ambitious, and powerful monarch of his time. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 THE piano lives in a dusk Where rich amber lights Quiver obscurely. Spectra A Book of Poetic Experiments Belgrano, the first champion of Argentine independence, who saved the revolution, died obscurely, while civil war raged around him. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) The peculiar thick seed-wing is more or less obscurely present among the species of the Insignes, but never attains the development that differentiates this group from all other Pines. The Genus Pinus In no profession does competition enter so obscurely, nor in no other are men of a profession thrown into such terms of intimacy in professional work. Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Then did those who had been long, albeit obscurely, suspected of Jacobitism, come forth from their lurking holes and corners, and almost openly avow their preference for the House of Stuart. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... Now and then he would obscurely refer to days more palmy and prosperous than those spent on board the Julia. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Botanical Description.—A shrub 5–6° high, stem straight, branches smooth, obscurely 4-angled. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines The Aztecs appear to have dwelt obscurely in the south before they rose to power. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology You will note that its eye-ring is yellow, and that its under parts are neither bright yellow, like the Nashville's, nor white, like the Tennessee's, but greenish yellow obscurely streaked on the chest. Our Bird Comrades In the mouths of some men these words would have been harmless enough, but coming from the tongue of one whose life could only be obscurely hinted at the jest was an insult. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West Whence comes the boiling of nitre, fused in a crucible and obscurely red-hot? Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 Botanical Description.—A small plant with creeping stem taking root where it touches the ground, obscurely angular, covered with short down. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines He had heard of the alliance obscurely, but had felt that it was only an attempt to revive the old grange movement, and that it could not succeed. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West It was of course an impression then obscurely gathered, but into which one was later on to read strange pages—to some of which I may find myself moved to revert. A Small Boy and Others It still circulated obscurely, gathering strength in the quiet darkness. My Recollections of Lord Byron The words were charged with a significance that Brodrick himself was not aware of; as if the powers that worked in him obscurely had used him for the utterance of a divination not his own. The Creators A Comedy How can one live obscurely, as these folk do, in the twilight, in so beautiful a shell? Chimney-Pot Papers Trades among the committees came obscurely to his ears; hints of jobs, getting each day more definite, reached him. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Although we have sought simplicity of expression before, we may now strive for subtlety and for effect; we may write suggestively and even obscurely. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing Secondly, he intimates, not obscurely, though cautiously, in each separate field the concerted action of several ships is better than their disconnected efforts. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 And for the first time there crept into Rose's obscurely suffering soul, a fear and a jealousy of Mrs. Brodrick. The Creators A Comedy Is there a horn we should not blow as proudly For the meanest of us all, who creeps his days, Guarding his heart from blows, to die obscurely? American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany He realized, however obscurely, that he was an eyesore in nature, a blotch on the surface of the world, an offence to the sweet-breathing heavens. The House with the Green Shutters It came with a great shock nevertheless; because it told plainly what before had never been avowed, but only hinted at more or less obscurely. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete Round these there was a margin, obscurely and imperfectly described in the reports of merchants; but by far the greater part of the world was utterly unknown. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 He was thinking about it now, obscurely, without images, barely with words, as if it had been indeed a thing occult and metaphysical. The Creators A Comedy But either this diagnosis by guesswork was too imperfect, or the physician saw that there was no hope; for his opinion was expressed too obscurely to be of any use. Emily Brontë They weren't especially gentle, but she was obscurely pleased that they also weren't as rough as she'd expected them to be with an oathbreaker. Thakur-na A Terran Empire story At that age of eleven he just wanted to serve obscurely and enter the world of implausible comic book scenarios shortly before sleep. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais The Roman world could not believe that the heir of the deified Julian race could be cut off thus suddenly and obscurely and vanish like foam upon the water. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 This is the solution of the enigma, and this solution is given, not obscurely, in Jesus' statement that "the Father" seeks those true worshippers who worship Him in spirit and in truth. The Hidden Power And Other Papers upon Mental Science For some while she hoped that the crisis would pass, and that then—no matter how humbly, the more obscurely the better—he would at least earn honest bread away from home. Emily Brontë The distinction between existence and other predicates, which Kant obscurely felt, is brought to light by the theory of descriptions, and is seen to remove "existence" altogether from the fundamental notions of metaphysics. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays It is not obscurely intimated in Scripture that the people of Israel, who fell into idolatry by offering sacrifice on high places, made a Covenant with idols instead of God himself. The Ordinance of Covenanting With his own ghostly hand, the obscurely seen but majestic figure had imparted to me the scarlet symbol, and the little roll of explanatory manuscript. The Scarlet Letter Having revealed the cause, it seemed as though she were about to point out, obscurely as before, the method and means of cure. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 And so I entered this world: a being, sliding obscurely in among human beings. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 The doctrines of wild sects, more or less Manichæan, which came forth strangely to upper life during the fever of the Crusades, all seem to tend obscurely from a Slavonic source. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He adopts a new one—that which he has obscurely announced. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 He has had attributed to him, though obscurely, the project of an institution, described as an 'office of address,' a species of entrepôt at which either information and useful services, or both, might be exchanged. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography At the bottom of the table, as vice-president, Parson Dale, his little wife behind him, only obscurely seen. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Symptoms of hydrothorax, at first obscurely, afterwards more distinctly marked. An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases The seeds of this mystical heresy were obscurely transmitted to New England, which has always had some 'God-Smith,' or Mathias with his 'Impostures,' lurking among the vulgar. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, the contemporary of Shakspeare, Galileo, Camoens, Rubens, Tasso, and Lope de Vega, was born obscurely and in poverty, but with good antecedents. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote The next day the bare fact that he had dined with the President was obscurely announced by the Wash117ington papers as a routine item of White House news. Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization When the true Life hath risen himself, and brought to open light that life that was obscurely couched up in prophecies and ceremonies, as hid under so many clouds. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning As for the Salafî movement, it started in India even more obscurely than Ikhwanism did in Arabia, but during the past few years it has spread widely through Islam. The New World of Islam Spikes or branches are slender, alternate, 1 to 2-1/2 inches, becoming shorter upwards, thickened and puberulous at the base, and the secondary rachis is flexuous, grooved, angular, and obscurely pubescent. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses To Gwenlyn he said obscurely, "I'm glad I didn't know you sooner." Talents, Incorporated The whole country west of the majestic river appropriately called the Father of Waters, was then called Louisiana, and its boundaries were very obscurely defined. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky Mr. May waved excitedly at Alvina, who sat obscurely at the piano, and darted on to the stage. The Lost Girl The Ikhwan movement began obscurely about ten years ago in inner Arabia—the Nejd. The New World of Islam The first glume is very small, membranous, glabrous, broader than long, cordate or triangular, broadly but shallowly emarginate, nerveless or very obscurely 1- to 2-nerved. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses As for what Æschylus obscurely hints at in the line, "Apollo the chaste god, exile from heaven," let me keep a religious silence, as Herodotus945 says. Plutarch's Morals Sergeant Madden found his mind obscurely switching to the matter of delinks—those characters who act like adolescents, not only while they are kids, but after. A Matter of Importance But he had escaped, and for almost three years had lain obscurely in port, like a frail and finished bark, selling the last of his bits and bobs, and making little splashes in warehouse-oddments. The Lost Girl Mohammed had really converted the Arabs, because he merely voiced ideas which were obscurely germinating in Arab minds and appealed to impulses innate in the Arab blood. The New World of Islam The second glume is lanceolate-acuminate and finely pointed at the tip and the point projecting slightly beyond the first glume, 3-nerved or 3- to 5-nerved, membranous, slightly hairy or glabrous, obscurely keeled. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses It was horrible enough at times,” she said with feeling, because somehow, obscurely, what this man said appealed to her as if it were her own thought clothed in an enigmatic emotion. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Norman or Harry, in language obscurely nautical, notes daily the longitude or the latitude, and the knots they make an hour. Janet's Love and Service We who fall afar from the battle, Lone and unknown obscurely die, But give at least our parting blessings Unto France and Freedom high. Edmond Dantès For a decade their propaganda went on obscurely, but evidently with effect, for in 1905 the Arab provinces of Hedjaz and Yemen burst into armed insurrection. The New World of Islam The first glume is chartaceous, laterally compressed, obscurely 4-nerved, glabrous below, hispid near the apex, minutely 2-toothed or not at the apex, not awned or rarely with a short awn. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses So he did not understand the aggrieved attitude of the mate—or rather he understood it obscurely as a result of simple causes which did not seem to him adequate. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Whether showing conspicuously in front, or remaining obscurely in the rear, the capitalist controls all; and Dupré is this. The Death Shot A Story Retold In the latter, however, the geological discussion is, clearly instead of obscurely, divided into two chapters, which correspond roughly with Chapters IX and X of the Origin. The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 At any rate, we thought that we, who entered so modestly and obscurely into this whole affair, being only the purchaser, would finally satisfy ourself, too, by seeing if the property was still there. Pipefuls The leaf-sheath is shorter than the internode, slightly compressed, obscurely keeled, glabrous and striate, margin is thinly ciliate on one side, especially towards the mouth which is bearded. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses A few lines obscurely located in a specification may contain a disclosure of a most valuable invention. The Classification of Patents Travelling thus obscurely, he hopes to shun encounter with men of his own class; to escape not only observation, but the sympathy he shrinks from. The Death Shot A Story Retold He would say things with that particular twist to them which made one look up, startled, wondering whether his remark was really intended to be facetious or obscurely sinister. The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice From "The New Decameron", Volume III. It seems as though many desperate exiles, who never travel by day, use the Owl for moving obscurely from city to city. Pipefuls The first and the second glumes are lanceolate acute or acuminate, 1-nerved, keeled, keel obscurely scabrid, very unequal, the first glume being always shorter than the second glume. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses The females are always obscurely tinted, and are often of a greenish hue, not easily visible among the foliage. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays The young lions are at first obscurely striped and spotted. Chatterbox Stories of Natural History M. Lesueur felt obscurely that the present was an affair of that kind. The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice From "The New Decameron", Volume III. The wrecks and fragments of these subtle and profound minds, like the ruins of a fine statue, obscurely suggest to us the grandeur and perfection of the whole. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The first glume is very short about 1/4 of the third or less, semilunar, membranous, hyaline, subtruncate, obtuse or acute, generally nerveless, but rarely, obscurely 1- to 3-nerved. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses The story of the woman's youth was remembered against her, if obscurely. Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales What wonder if he spent much of his day in eating-houses and drinking-houses, obscurely hinting to admiring boon companions of the thing he could do an he would? Half a Hero A Novel This period is not obscurely hinted at by their great Confucius in the second chapter of his Mundane Mutations, where he designates a kind of golden age by the term Cho-fang, literally the Cooks' Holiday. The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III If he wrought obscurely, as the world moves, my impression is that he did some excellent work for eternity in the most quiet sort of way. Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. The spikelets are arranged in groups of two, facing each other and appearing like a single spikelet with two equal echinate glumes, sessile, or obscurely pedicelled on very short, tumid, pubescent branches. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses This work of mental exaltation was brought about obscurely but surely. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. She was obscurely but surely aware that men of her race had done things like that. Patsy That which men before believed obscurely, let them by thy exposition understand more clearly. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity "Barber, you talk like an oracle—obscurely, barber, obscurely." The Confidence-Man The second glume is a little longer than the first, but shorter than the third, hyaline, broadly elliptic-oblong, nerveless or obscurely 1-nerved. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses Between these vegetables the marks of distinction are so obscurely defined, that some of the white varieties of Broccoli appear to be identical with the Cauliflower. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. These new comers he also loves; and is obscurely conscious that between their "souls" and his own there vibrates a strange reciprocity. The Complex Vision The request was denied, and he died miserably and obscurely at Liege, after having drawn the attention of Europe to his victories and his grandeur! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The Czechs are no doubt obscurely placed in Europe, but the traveller when he gets to their country—not the "seacoast of Bohemia"—will find that they make good showing. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 But somehow Edwin was obscurely impressed by them, and also he was touched by the coincidence that George painted in water-colours, and he, too, had once painted in water-colours. Clayhanger There is food for meditation in his utterance: "Nothing is so disagreeable as to be obscurely hanged." Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Vaguely and obscurely do we all feel the pressure of these deep and secret impulses. The Complex Vision No fruit of unhallowed love, no houseless beggar’s child enters life more obscurely than the Son of God. The Angels' Song Mr. Palfrey assigns various reasons for this non-resistance to the cancelling of their Charter; but he omits or obscurely alludes to the real ones. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 The rest of the chamber seemed to stretch obscurely away into no confines. Clayhanger Tolstóy writes carelessly, frequently repeats himself, not infrequently expresses himself ambiguously or obscurely. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections Black; the face, clypeus, and cheeks with a dense silvery-white pile; the tips of the mandibles obscurely ferruginous, the palpi black. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology There was no slack water separating the end of the rapid we left from the beginning of this one so obscurely situated. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 He and Welsh were living modestly and obscurely in the neighbourhood of the Pentonville Road, scouring the town by day, studying a map and laying the most ingenious plans at night. The Lunatic at Large Fruit.—Cones, on stout footstalks at ends of branchlets, pointing downward, ripening the first year, light brown, about 3/4 of an inch long, ovate-elliptical, pointed; scales rounded at the edge, entire or obscurely toothed. Handbook of the Trees of New England With keen insight he realised that conscious intelligence counts for little in evolution, and focussed attention upon the unconscious but obscurely psychical processes of instinct and morphogenesis. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology Black, smooth, and shining, very delicately and indistinctly aciculate; the antennæ beneath and the tibiæ and femora obscurely ferruginous, the anterior and intermediate tibiæ brightest; the apex of the mandibles ferruginous. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Having immense respect for majorities in this country, we only venture obscurely to hint, that, of all arts, none before has ever been so threatening, curious, and fascinating a monster as that of printing. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Indeed, it is such scrutiny, doubtless, that induces some authors to pack their ideas obscurely, thereby to smuggle them. Journeys to Bagdad Winter Buds and Leaves.—Terminal bud long, short-stalked, obscurely 4-sided, tapering to a blunt tip; lateral buds small and flat; opening foliage roseate. Handbook of the Trees of New England We fight shy of the Lamarckian conception that the living thing obscurely works out its own salvation by blind and instinctive effort. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology Abdomen with a slender subelongate petiole, and with a thin, silky, grey pile; the apical margins of the segments narrowly and obscurely rufo-piceous. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology He accepted as to what he had done the postulate of the obscurely tortuous, abounding so in that sense that his critics were themselves bewildered. The Tragic Muse It is such distant proximity, doubtless, that renders my basement—and particularly its woodpile, which lies obscurely beyond the laundry—such a shadowy, grim 8and altogether mysterious place. Journeys to Bagdad Fruit.—Profuse, in clusters; drupes ½ inch long, oval, crimson when ripening, deep purple when fully ripe, edible, sweet: stone flat, oval, rough, obscurely striate lengthwise. Handbook of the Trees of New England All these grievances were rehearsed by the Imperial ambassador, who hinted, not obscurely, that war would follow if they were not redressed. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Abdomen: the base of the segments depressed and very delicately and closely punctured, subopake; the apical half highly polished and shining; beneath obscurely rufo-piceous. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology At the beginning of Queen Mary's reign he had given up all his preferments and lived privately and obscurely. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See From the belvedere she could command the whole sunlit surface of the bay, here blue, here silver, here deepening to violet, paling to green, here dimly, obscurely rose. The Lady Paramount Ben stood, as he obscurely felt, upon delicate ground. The Colonel's Dream To help the first, thousands of unknown people, who never have seen him, will be obscurely working; to hinder the second, thousands of unknown people labour, who are ignorant of his existence. The Buried Temple Jet-black, shining; head very smooth, the hinder margin of the vertex finely punctured, the face with a few fine scattered punctures; the flagellum obscurely rufo-fuscous. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Here, as these Catholics round Isabel at any rate understood it, and as she too began to perceive it too, though dimly and obscurely, was the sublime mystery of the Cross presented to God. By What Authority? In some individuals faint bars and caudal rings are discernible, and the chest is obscurely banded. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon He then began a life of hiding, flitting obscurely from point to point, dwelling in cellars, even at one time concealing himself in a drain. The French Revolution A Short History The trial for Latin literature came when obscurely, in the purlieus and kennels of Rome, like a hidden fermentation, Christianity arose. Romance Two Lectures Abdomen obscurely chalybeous, closely punctured, the two basal segments strongly so; the apical margins of the segments with smooth shining narrow blue fasciæ. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology To die with thousands looking on is one thing; to die obscurely is another. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris Arguments were spent upon them in vain and, after resorting to these, threats were not obscurely uttered. Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main This shining light, instead of comfortably and obscurely merging in a petty constellation of Alma Mater, was to become a bright particular star, and dwell apart. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852 It would be easy to multiply these epigrammatic statements, which are all not obscurely related to the fundamental changes wrought on the world by Christian ideas. Romance Two Lectures Abdomen: the petiole and the following segment red, the base of the third also slightly red; the three apical segments obscurely blue, with a thin glittering pile. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Stay! obscurely, and at intervals, she caught sight of a light, now borne on the crest of these giant waves, now sunk and lost. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes A prophet has arisen, during these latter days, in Philadelphia, who somewhat obscurely professes to be on the track of this discovery. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 Whatever secular dramatic impulses remained in the Dark Ages showed themselves not in public and organized performances, but obscurely in the songs and mimicry of minstrels and in traditional folk-customs. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Upon the whole, it is pretty clear that the writer believed in a future life; but the details are too partially and obscurely shadowed to be drawn forth. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life A little while later and the prairie became obscurely shadowy, peopled all at once by frightful things, familiar everyday things changed to hideous hobgoblins by the chrism of the dark. The Way of the Wind The evening before they had loomed obscurely and interestingly but in broad daylight they were ugly. Red-Robin Beyond these are bodies which belong to man's timeless existence, curiously named and obscurely defined. Modern Religious Cults and Movements There was something in this which vexed Faith, and yet stirred her a little, obscurely. Faith Gartney's Girlhood As Le Clerc observes, "If the writer believed so important a fact as that Enoch was immortal, it is wonderful that he relates it as secretly and obscurely as if he wished to hide it." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life While Angela was living obscurely with a former governess, a brilliant young officer of some distinction, like Giovanni, could not see her regularly without seriously compromising her. The White Sister The Devil's pranks have been referred to; Joseph's rusticity also; and the obstinacy of Noah's wife has been obscurely hinted at. The Growth of English Drama We must observe that the story is told very obscurely, and should have been assisted by an Argument in prose. Early Reviews of English Poets The reason why free trade is better than dominion was a secret obscurely buried in the breast of economists. Lectures on Modern history They promised rewards for nothing but valor, and threatened punishments for nothing but cowardice; and even of these they speak obscurely. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life It is curious, in this connection, that neither Péguy nor Brooke had the opportunity of fighting much in the cause; they fell, as it seemed for the moment, obscurely. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters The woman felt obscurely that she was still running her mortal risk, while the man was not still running his. The Victorian Age in Literature He hath uttered too surely his wrath not obscurely, nor wrapt as in mists of his breath,350 The master that lightens not hearts he enlightens, but gives them foreknowledge of death. Erechtheus A Tragedy (New Edition) He reflected upon his own affairs, to which he had so far given little or no thought; upon the career he had embraced, and which he beheld obscurely before him. A Mummer's Tale Multiply that inconceivable distance by hundreds of thousands, and still you will discern enormous sand banks of stars obscurely glittering on the farthest verge of telescopic vision. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Much of it was windy and superficial, striving in wild vague terms to express great agitations which were obscurely felt by the poet. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters For it shows the inner workings of a mind impressed by specially striking natural objects, and by the obscurely realised powers which they dimly manifest. Nature Mysticism They said that this is a secret perceived clearly by their wiser men, obscurely by the less wise. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence I tried to express this in different ways obscurely, but it appeared singular and no one understood me. Life of Father Hecker The savage was obscurely conscious that the objects which appeared around him as solid material realities had their immaterial correspondences within his spirit. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life If the time had been obscurely foretold, there would have been obscurity, even for the good. Pascal's Pensées The gifted seer seizes and interprets what his less gifted brother obscurely feels. Nature Mysticism Love's ascent by degrees, however, is only obscurely perceived by man; but wisdom's ascent is clearly perceived by those who know and see what wisdom is. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence In the unsteady glance of his eye, in his extreme desire to learn the opinions of all, in the feebleness of his hand-writing, these qualities might be obscurely traced, but they were not generally known. The Last Man He closed the lid of the laptop and grabbed his coat and left the house as fast as he could, obscurely worried that if he didn’t leave then, he wouldn’t get out all day. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town To the chapter on the Fundamentals must be added that on Typology touching the reason of types: why Jesus Christ was prophesied as to His first coming; why prophesied obscurely as to the manner. Pascal's Pensées Conscious reason, obscurely prompted by this power, evolved the symbolic use; and the strange interminglings of intuition, rational action, and force of circumstance, during the long course of civilised history, have accomplished the rest. Nature Mysticism There might be logical causes, buried obscurely under remote events, for everything that had transpired. The Hidden Places In the "dream state," that which is mere nature for the scientist reveals itself, obscurely indeed and yet insistently, as very God. Among Famous Books "You express yourself a trifle obscurely, but I think I comprehend your meaning," he said, without change of voice. Medoline Selwyn's Work Hypothesis that the apostles were impostors.—The time clearly, the manner obscurely.—Five typical proofs. Pascal's Pensées Nothing was visible an oar's length overside but shifting cloudy shapes that bulked obscurely in the fog. Days of the Discoverers At times she mourned, obscurely, the destruction of the new soul that had been given her last year, on her birthday, when she had been born again to her sweet human destiny. The Helpmate Here the author very obscurely, yet vigorously, declares that we can do or learn what we will, but it must be achieved by foresight, will, and the aid of sleep. The Mystic Will A Method of Developing and Strengthening the Faculties of the Mind, through the Awakened Will, by a Simple, Scientific Process Possible to Any Person of Ordinary Intelligence I mean to go alone and to fight obscurely in the ranks. Tales Of Hearsay His family remained in Dauphin�, where it died out, obscurely, during the seventeenth century. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. IV. (of V.) As it quotes the Westminster as saying Asquith has decided on it, I'm inclined to believe it: but it goes on to talk obscurely of possible resignations and a general election. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years The light was but dim, so that objects were only obscurely revealed. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old Who, looking at Jack Tosswill's composed, secretive, self-satisfied face, could have divined, even obscurely, his state of mingled pride, ecstasy, and humble astonishment at his own good fortune? What Timmy Did How these two loves are distinct and how they are conjoined is seen in heaven in clear light, but in the world only obscurely. Heaven and its Wonders and Hell It is a close o, somewhat weakly and obscurely pronounced, as compared, for instance, with the final o in Italian. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence But no great truth relating to the way of salvation through Christ is thus taught obscurely and in some single passage of Scripture. Companion to the Bible Only the nominal succession of the Prophet was obscurely preserved at Cairo, whither the survivors of the family of Abbas had betaken themselves on the massacre of their house at Bagdad. The Future of Islam The understanding suspends its actions only when its objects show themselves obscurely, so that there is cause for doubt as to whether they are false or true. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil Uses are clearly seen as if they were in light, but the gold and silver are seen obscurely, and comparatively as if in shade. Heaven and its Wonders and Hell Leaving this room, you turn, to the left--into a small room, but obscurely lighted. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two When Louis XVI. and his queen were executed, in 1793, they were obscurely buried on this spot. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business The 'heavenly vision,' however 'obedient' a Paul may be to it, will be but obscurely represented, and suffer egregiously from that distorted image which the ill-constructed mirror will convey to us. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic Was he to spend the future obscurely in the dingy purlieus of the law? Life of Charles Dickens |
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