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He knew the article because it was the ugly obverse of the real story, the one that lived inside him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
He examined the coin, looking first at the eagle side, then at the face of Liberty on the obverse. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
But to study cancer, I realized, is to also study its obverse. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
When it turns from a thing of beauty into its unlovely obverse? Review: ‘Catastrophic Happiness,’ a Comedy of Manners About Bumpy Child-Rearing 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z
Social media and hacktivist groups like Anonymous represent obverse sides of the rise of identity capitalism. Julian Assange’s latest wake-up call 2013-04-30T17:42:00Z
Or go with the obverse: When you have time available, make them do stuff that you like. How to Entertain Your Kids This Summer 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z
To my mind he's not so much playing against type as investigating the dark obverse of his trademark screen presence: boyishness grown into emotional immaturity, his simple idealism now pointing the wrong way. My favourite Hitchcock: Vertigo 2012-08-10T14:28:09Z
Their obverse is the soul loverman, a construct of even longer vintage. The Weeknd – review 2013-03-31T00:07:00Z
Mr. Shaw recognised it pretty fully, and yet he corrected it by recognising that obverse of the medal which is at least as important. From the archive, 7 June 1907: Editorial on George Bernard Shaw's remarks on poverty 2012-06-07T06:35:00Z
Ballet is somehow utterly cosmopolitan: both high culture and its sordid obverse. Camille Laurens’s “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” Is a Fascinating Hybrid, and Obsessed with Obsession 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z
Photograph: Tom Watkins/Rex Features Now in its second year, the Serpentine Sessions festival is the absolute obverse of Glastonbury's sprawling eclecticism. Grizzly Bear 2010-06-29T21:40:00Z
Near the top, the initials “US” sit upon a silver crest that calls to mind the portrait on the obverse of a dollar bill. Budweiser and the Selling of America 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z
Let’s hope the success of Zootropolis in cinemas is the obverse of the nauseating antics of the Trump demographic at the polls. Zootropolis: Disney’s latest finds a kinder alternative to Trump’s America 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z
The obverse of that, though, is that you get albums that skip unconcernedly across genres, refreshingly free of the need to meet expectations. Ducktails: The Flower Lane – review 2013-01-24T22:15:01Z
The painted ceramic, valued at $100,000, features a seated youthful warrior surrounded by figures with offerings on its obverse. Looking for a Stolen Idol? Visit the Museum of the Manhattan D.A. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z
But the obverse of that is that the play displays a refreshing humour. Holding the Man 2010-05-05T20:30:00Z
The obverse of Ms. Carroll’s saucy flirtatiousness is a farsighted wisdom that when applied to Stephen Sondheim inspires some starkly moving performances. Music Review: Barbara Carroll at Birdland 2013-05-13T22:01:55Z
Like David Sheff’s “Beautiful Boy,” it’s the obverse of an addiction memoir: a chronicle of trying to make sense of a loved one’s struggles with the problem. Zonked on Vicodin in the Corner Office 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z
A Commonwealth observer group was also in the country to obverse the coming elections, seen as a "significant step in the country's democratic governance", they added. Emmerson Mnangagwa - Zimbabwe’s ‘crocodile’ who wants another bite 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z
The coin also features an image of the late Queen Elizabeth II on its obverse side, and a UH-1H helicopter on the reverse. Vietnam objects to Australian coin with war-era yellow flag 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z
They have local chapters in every state and work to build leaders and highlight candidates’ stands on gun legislation in elections — the obverse of the National Rifle Association’s grades for gun-friendly candidates. Perspective | Here are the groups working toward a future with less gun violence 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z
He is a week or so shy of 77 and when viewed in profile, he looks like the portrait they’d use if they put Neil Young’s face on the obverse of the loonie. At 77, Neil Young is still a hippie at heart: 'I feel a lot of hope' 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z
The obverse of art for Dyer is tennis. What Roger Federer tells us about mortality, according to Geoff Dyer 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z
Proponents of equity-based admissions assert that the obverse is “a return to Jim Crow.” Opinion | Limiting Asian students at Thomas Jefferson is not advancing ‘equity’ 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z
Barnacled and throttled, the underside of the Santa Monica Pier is the shadowed obverse of the cheery tourist destination above it. The memory of L.A.’s seedy gambling boats faded. Here’s how we recovered it 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z
In many ways, Mr. Davis, 72, is the obverse of Mr. Courtney. Why Iowa Has Become Such a Heartbreaker for Democrats 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z
Its blob of light splintered into a constellation as they drew nearer, the obverse of how the lights from Pangaea had dwindled in their wake three months before. The untold story of the boldest polar expedition of modern times 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z
The dramas of the world’s sole superpower captivate audiences elsewhere far more than the obverse, with the intrigues of other countries only occasionally penetrating America’s oft-insular news cycles. Analysis | Why the U.S. protests matter to the world 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z
The obverse, or front, side of the coin features a cluster of grapes and the words “Year Two of the Freedom of Israel.” Rare coin from ancient Jewish revolt discovered in Jerusalem 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z
With their pea protein isolates, their gum arabic and yeast extracts, these new foods are the opposite of whole foods, the obverse of transparent sourcing. Inside the little-known world of flavorists, who are trying to make plant-based meat taste like the real thing 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z
The obverse is also true: when they don’t safeguard the rights of their minorities, every other citizen’s rights are in peril. Immigration panic: how the west fell for manufactured rage 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z
“The obverse depicts Collins' early and original concept for the mission insignia with the eagle carrying an olive branch in its mouth,” explains Heritage Auctions, on its website. Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong's gold medal that flew to the Moon sold for more than $2 million 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z
He is the obverse, the absolute opposite of the American ideal with regard to almost every aspiration we have for ourselves and our country. Robert Reich on America's inequality crisis: Trump's "greedy enablers" will "reap the whirlwind" 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z
Fear of a robot invasion is the obverse of fear of an immigrant invasion, a partisan coin: heads, you’re worried about robots; tails, you’re worried about immigrants. Are Robots Competing for Your Job? 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z
But flip the page and on the obverse side is the first transmission from the oligarchy, an advertisement for a champagne that, we are told, is “chosen by the best.” Understanding the psyche of today's American oligarchy through magazine ads 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z
The obverse is also true: The authority of a “government” is more apt to be seen as legitimate, with resistance to it or defense against it frequently depicted as criminal or terroristic. What is a “regime”? Apparently, it’s any government opposed to U.S. policy 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z
The obverse of the basket trial was an “umbrella trial.” The Search for Cancer Treatment Beyond Mutant-Hunting 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z
The obverse of Donald Trump’s presidency for me was that of Barack Obama. The Only Good Thing About Donald Trump Is All His Policies 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z
But the conviction that the truth must be mathematically elegant can easily lead to a false obverse: that what is mathematically elegant must be true. Fundamental physics is frustrating physicists 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z
We recently watched the excellent documentary “Minimalism,” which is either the obverse of Hallmark’s conservative messaging or runs parallel to it. Can we redeem “civic virtue” in the age of Donald Trump? John Adams might have understood what just happened 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z
The obverse of Paul’s point in the next item is that in some states and districts Republicans who distanced themselves from Mr. Trump probably harmed their candidacy. Election Day 2016: Commentary and Analysis from WSJ Opinion 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z
This undated image provided by Heritage Auctions shows the obverse, front, of a 1792 "Birch Cent." 2 early US 1-cent coins expected to sell for total of $1M 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z
The obverse of that is that in riskier economies the opposite might happen and the cost of borrowing in places like Greece, Spain and Italy might rise. Brexit: Five key areas to watch on the economy - BBC News 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z
Besides, think of the “positive” message that is the obverse of Mrs. Clinton’s attack on Trump: I am a normal politician. Orange Is the New Normal 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z
It's possible, I suppose, that he'll make such a stunning selection that he casts himself in a new light, but the obverse seems far more likely. America, Your 2016 GOP Nominee 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z
For what is pretentiousness, if not the obverse of authenticity? Pretentiousness: Why It Matters by Dan Fox 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z
But it does serve as a vivid reminder that while living in China I’m subject to a set of rules and an official mind-set that are the obverse of those in the United States. Government cyber-surveillance is the norm in China — and it’s popular 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z
On the obverse side of the cliché, though, leans a formulaic posture of dismissal that blocks the possibility of any truer response. Mary Gaitskill, Master of Desire 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z
Thanks to the unblinking honesty of people like Conquest, the Soviet Union now is such a receding memory that Bernie Sanders’s moral obtuseness — the obverse of Conquest’s character — is considered an amusing eccentricity. The man who helped kill the Soviet Union with information 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z
Taxpayers and workers across the globe must confront the obverse of this issue: Will they be better off in the long run by accepting reductions in present consumption if it's used to finance growth-producing investment? Both Sides Have It Wrong 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z
It’s actually a kind of obverse Keynesianism that won’t help restart the engine of the American economy any more than another massive Obama-style stimulus will. Ted Cruz's 2016 Challenge: Reassembling the Tattered Reagan Coalition 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z
The idea that it might be the obverse of something good sounds, to say the least, counter-intuitive. A Faustian bargain 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z
“The obverses from The Metric System are very well suited to the incorporation of necessary security elements. The expression is open, light and typically Nordic,” says Norges Bank. This is What Norway's Money Will Look Like in 2017 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z
But even if you believe that, you surely can't believe the obverse: that not voting does change things. I'm happy to drift along with Google at the wheel. Ukip's another matter 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z
But I'm not sure that counts – and besides, we now know that Her Majesty will be the last woman on the obverse of a bank note for at least three generations. Bank notes need more women 2013-07-27T23:07:00Z
The side trips are part of the road map; his discursiveness is the obverse of intense discipline. Jack Dorsey: The Master Entrepreneur's Journey From Twitter To Square 2012-10-17T13:00:00Z
The coin will be a “United States Quarter Dollar coin with the image of George Washington appearing on the obverse hub of the coin and an Eagle appearing on the reverse hub of the coin.” On Olympics: London Olympics — Coin Flip? Runoff? Talk About Amateur 2012-06-26T00:48:37Z
But the existence of plausible bad futures within the boundaries raises the obverse question: are there good futures outside them? The global environment: Boundary conditions 2012-06-14T15:06:51Z
Perhaps he too had had his glimpse of that vision of Edward Garden's, though as it were in obverse; and, looking, he shrugged his shoulders. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z
On the obverse side of the Sunstone was the explanation, or solution, of the riddle. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z
This internal development we have already examined; we must now turn to the obverse external development which takes its origin in contractility. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z
On the obverse, ticket for city officers, and opposed an American quarter dollar—motto, "Exchange no Bribery." Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z
It is the obverse of the medal that piques curiosity. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z
In reality, their sentimental humaneness was simply the obverse of their revolutionary passivity. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z
So intense was his feeling of the substantial nature of these invisible entities, that the obverse side of them, the negation of them, had all the vis inertia, all the objective validity of external things. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z
Upon the obverse of the Christian shield is God, upon the reverse, the devil. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z
The edges of the obverse were then beveled to finish the product. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z
Lower part of the obverse of a terra-cotta tablet from Nineveh, inscribed with the names of Babylonian kings in Sumerian and Semitic Babylonian. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z
Amid the noise of what might work for others, listen, obverse and then do what works for you. Four truly simple tricks to eat and feel better 2011-12-19T15:06:04Z
It has two forms—obverse or contradictory opposition, that is, negation proper, and contrary opposition. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z
It has an obverse and a reverse side, but it is always the same medal. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z
Whereas the backs of the later models were lead-filled, this plate was struck in thin brass over tin and the edges of the obverse crimped to retain the backing. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z
Of the obverse of the first tablet very little, unfortunately, remains, but what there is extant is of the highest interest. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z
Indeed, in a sentence we are about to quote, he seems to make a most marked distinction between self-consciousness and this "consciousness of the unconditioned," which he calls its "obverse." Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z
This side of the subject is not pleasing; let us look at the obverse. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z
The obverse has a bust laureate in profile to the left, with the letter "P." close to the nose. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z
The letters "W L G" incised on the obverse are very patently the added work of an engraver of no great talent. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z
Prof. Delitzsch has therefore done a service in bringing more prominently to the notice of students and scholars the text of which the obverse is printed on p. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z
But on Broadway on a late summer afternoon the obverse is true. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z
And on the obverse side of the medal were two hands clasped upon a beggar’s wallet, with these words writ thereunder: “To the King, faithful even unto beggary.” The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
That the obverse is true is perhaps sufficiently signalized in the fact that fooling is so near to foolishness. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z
The piece was struck, with a tin backing applied, and the edges of the obverse were then crimped over. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z
Populist politics is, after all, the obverse side of a thriving democracy. India Ink: The India Growth Story: Glass Half Full or Half Empty? 2011-09-13T08:24:01Z
A little later, to these exquisite delights of the moment, an ugly obverse presents itself. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z
The one is the obverse of the other. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z
But it was not free of the gloom of nature-worship—the obverse side of nature-cult—fearful, suspicious, weighted with destiny, as one imagines the religion of Etruria to have been. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z
But like everything else to which that term applies it is bound to have its obverse side. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z
The question was a natural one when viewing only the advantages which high culture presented; but its obverse was unfavourable, when considering that civilisation is often an approach to barbarism through selfishness and rapacity. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z
Every bodily movement visible to the ordinary eye is only the obverse aspect of many molecular motions, not as yet visible to man. The Gospel Of Evolution From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:36.420Z
The medal is silver, 1.4 inches in diameter; on the obverse is the Sovereign's head, and on the reverse the inscription "For Distinguished Conduct in the Field". The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z
It is a good omen if the coin falls with the obverse upwards. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z
Man cannot come nearer to God and the Devil hereafter than he does already here; like a tavern-sign, his reverse is painted just like his obverse. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z
Its contiguity to Faenza exercised a great influence on the decoration of the ware, and the patterns on the obverses and reverses are similar. The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods 2011-02-28T03:00:33.843Z
It bears on the reverse the name of the reigning Prince, and on the obverse the quotation from the Korán, “La illah, illilah!” “there is none other God but Allah.” The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z
On the obverse, within a wreath of laurel, were the words "FOR MERIT." Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z
The design on the obverse of these coins represented the statue of Nike. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z
A similar episode, the obverse of this, occurred when the Bank of England resumed specie payments in the early '20's. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z
The obverse of these desirable characteristics looks less appealing. Sexual selection: Hunkier than thou 2010-12-09T10:31:00Z
It is true, though, that the spread of electric lighting means many people eat their main meal when natural daylight is long gone—the obverse of a mouse eating during daylight hours. Obesity: Does light make you fat? 2010-10-14T11:20:00Z
This is the obverse of the Champions League mentality, so maybe this is what the Europa League is really for: reason, rather than mania. Fulham are no longer a club we laugh at but one we need to learn from 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z
How is it, then, that the full detriment of this system was never taken into account before, and that the obverse of the present practice was not more generally adopted. A Cursory History of Swearing
Coins were also struck, showing her crowned and veiled on the obverse, with a double cornucopia on the reverse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of"
This significant fact is further brought out, and with it the obverse of the census mistake above referred to, when we examine the census inferences respecting juvenile criminals. Races and Immigrants in America
The detachment of the economic interest from any particular level or class of values is only the obverse aspect of the special kind of concern it has with values of every sort. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
One of the results of the extraordinary tyranny of authority is that words are absolutely distorted from their proper and simple meaning, and are used to express the obverse of their right signification. Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
That no part of the lesson might be lost, the artist had also shown, in that lower panel, the obverse of the reward of fealty. The Way of the Gods
On the reverse I made out a coat of arms, almost obliterated; but the obverse was clearer. Where the Pavement Ends
Undoubtedly there was an obverse side to the picture. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10)
By a sort of obverse implication it does, however, possess, in the philosophic tradition, a positive content which accrues to it by virtue of what it denies. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
I remember reading, perhaps in Dio Cassius, that the Romans had medals struck with a Dacian inscription and on the obverse the picture of a headless man. The Golden Age in Transylvania
In the period of time between his election and consecration, the pope made use of the half-bull, that is, the obverse only was impressed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth"
Notwithstanding that the great seal as adopted had an obverse and a reverse, there is nothing to show that the reverse was ever made. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5.
"Poor fellow," came from the obverse side of the sash. Eleven Possible Cases
It is well known that Constantine had on the reverse of his coin the inscription Sol Invictus and on the obverse the monogram of Christ. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations
On the last tide a pair of sound ships were floated out to service, braced and bound and refitted for further duty as stout obverse to the 'Sure Shield.' Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war
From the time of Boniface V. to Leo IV., a.d. 617-855, the name of the pontiff, in the genitive case, was impressed on the obverse, and his title as pope on the reverse, e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth"
The obverse of this fine single column tablet contained a hymn in thirty-eight lines to the departed Tammuz. Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms
But this interpretation of religion has its obverse side. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance
On the obverse, it exhibits the fabulous Minotaurus the monster, half man and half bull, who is stated to have ruled the island. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations
On the obverse is a bas relief representing the king as receiving the ruler's staff and ring from the sun-god Shamash, "the judge of heaven and earth." The Christian View of the Old Testament
First the obverse, then the reverse were inspected with apparently slight interest. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch
The obverse of these two restored tablets contained about sixty symbols with their divine implications. Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms
A halfpenny, January 21,1793: obverse, a man hanging on a gibbet, with church in the distance; motto "End of Pain"; reverse, open book inscribed "The Wrongs of Man." The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804
Wells has said: "Better plunder than paralysis," the obverse of Gauguin's teaching, and if Vincent Van Gogh "plundered" in his youth it was not because he feared "paralysis." Ivory Apes and Peacocks
Then follow on the obverse sixteen columns of writing, containing 1,114 lines. The Christian View of the Old Testament
On another coin the swan type of the reverse is associated with the youthful head of a river-god, inscribed “Hipparis” on the obverse. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)
About half of the first melody is preserved on the obverse. Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms
The reverse of the sheet contained a will exactly like that on the obverse. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective
The earliest mention of the spring is in the time of Charles II., when a halfpenny token with the words "Dorothy Rippin at the well in Hampsted" on the obverse was issued. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London
In "Shop" is given, in a way, the obverse side of the idea. Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning
The first bear on the obverse the legend D. N. Maximiano P. F. S. Aug., and the second the words Imp. The Coinages of the Channel Islands
III, IV of the obverse and I, II of the reverse. Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms
At the head of the obverse is a very interesting picture of Ḥammurabi receiving his laws from the seated sun-god Shamash. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters
Some Saracenic coins are also found in the island, with Arabic characters both on the obverse and reverse. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.
It has on the obverse, Morat ye Great Men did mee call,—Sultan's head; reverse, Where eare I came I conquered all.—In the field, Coffee, Tobacco, Sherbet, Tea, Chocolate, retail in Exchange Alee. All About Coffee
I have, in the above descriptions, taken the obverse of tokens as the side of the coin specifying the Bank or other source of issue. The Coinages of the Channel Islands
About half the obverse of the letter is then lost, and about a quarter of the upper part of the back. Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
These are the reverse and the obverse of life; they are brought to the same rules and must yield obedience to the same authority. India, Its Life and Thought
“They were,” he states, “with two exceptions, of the usual type: obverse, the head of Ceres; and reverse, a horse or palm-tree, or both.” Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.
The obverse statement is nearly always followed by a repetition of what the thing is. English: Composition and Literature
On the whole, the resemblance between this figure and the nondescript beast on the obverse of the plaque is so great that we are tempted to think that they both represent the same being. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1
Crowns were coined with either a rose or a sun on the obverse; and were distinguished accordingly. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution
These coins display on their obverse a horse’s head, usually facing right, with a plow below it, and the legend is “Nova Cæsarea.” Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887
The act provided for an obverse and a reverse, as set forth in this plate; the reverse is not used.  The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882
A fourth method of building up a paragraph from a topic-sentence consists in telling what it is not; that is, giving the obverse. English: Composition and Literature
The face we call the obverse is entirely occupied by the body of a fantastic quadruped, partly chiselled in slight relief, partly engraved. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1
"I maintain," said Berry, "that the obverse will bite the dust." Jonah and Co.
Its obverse exhibits Frederick in his electoral garb pointing with two fingers of his right hand to the name Jehovah at the head of the medal. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
To this document appends a fragment of the donor's knightly seal, which shows on the obverse side a mounted knight with drawn sword, and on the reverse side the inscription—"Secretum G. comitis, de Straderne." Chronicles of Strathearn
The obverse usually follows a positive statement, and again is followed by the affirmative; that is, first what it is, then what it is not, and last, what it is again. English: Composition and Literature
He rubbed his bald head in a vain attempt to formulate the obverse of his wife's character. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories
The obverse of the medal bears a representation of the arms of Sir Moses Montefiore. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883
As this side always bore the head of the god under whose auspices the coin was to be issued, it was called the obverse or face of the piece. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
In the third column of the obverse or front side he read the words: 'On the mount Nizir the ship stood still. Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria
A semicolon is generally used to introduce a clause of repetition, a clause stating the obverse, and a clause stating an inference. English: Composition and Literature
It had upon the obverse the double-headed Janus, and upon the reverse the keel of a ship, rudely done, but answering the requirements of the light, juvenile gambling known as pitching coppers. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
The coins of Philip bore on the obverse a head with a wreath, and on the reverse a chariot driver drawn by two horses. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
In passing from the obverse of our coins to the examination of the opposite side, we do this by inverting the piece. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
On the obverse the three legs still go kicking the soft-footed spin of the universe, the dolphin flirts and the crab leers. The Lost Girl
As one of the elements of a paragraph has been especially developed, paragraphs have been named paragraphs of repetition,31 of the obverse, of details, of instances or examples, and of comparisons. English: Composition and Literature
The obverse has the head of Apollo; the reverse, the crescent moon and seven stars, or rather triones—the constellation of the Ursa Major. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
The laws of Art are the laws of Life, read smaller on the obverse. Flamsted quarries
The coins of these two Greek states in particular were for a long period concavo-convex disks, the convex side being in all instances the obverse. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
To such a length did he carry his dislike, that he could not bear head and tail, even in a work on games of chance: so he used obverse and reverse. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I
There is Piers Plowman, showing the grim obverse of the medal, the hardship and woe of the poor. The Chief End of Man
The obverse of man's tendency to follow a lead is, of course, his tendency to take it. Human Traits and their Social Significance
This truth is likewise testified to on the obverse aspect of psychology. Mind and Motion and Monism
They were issued under the auspices of Athene, and bore upon the obverse the head of the goddess. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
But he nowhere cares to make his modesty conspicuous to the reader, and his cocksureness is only the obverse of his best literary virtue. My Contemporaries In Fiction
And the second consequence is the obverse of this: To treat what seem to be great occasions because of their outward results, as if they were small. The Essentials of Spirituality
The obverse of the fact that intercommunication promotes uniformity in language is that lack of communication brings about language differentiation. Human Traits and their Social Significance
This being done, the remainder of the work required for making the obverse die can be committed to Mr. Franklin Peale, the chief coiner of the Mint. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
That side would then properly be called the inverse of the coin, and it would, with equal propriety be printed directly beneath its obverse. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
The one was merely the obverse of the other. The Daughters of Danaus
He was the dull reverse of that victorious obverse upon which Johnny McComas was beginning to shine. On the Stairs
On the obverse is a picture of Maskat and its forts, around which in English runs the legend, 'Sultan Feysul-bin-Tourki Sultan and Imam of Maskat and Oman,' and on the reverse is the Arab equivalent. Southern Arabia
P. F. Cross, who engraved the obverse of the Ingraham medal, was born in Sheffield, England, and died in Philadelphia in 1856. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
It has been suggested, by way of accounting for this form, that it secured a more perfect impression of the upper die, which always struck the obverse. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
Thus further involves, as its obverse side, the concentration of all the defects of society in another class, and this particular class must be the embodiment of the general social obstacles and impediments. Selected Essays
The second is that the life of self-realisation is, from first to last, a life of self-expression, and that self-expression and perception are the face and obverse of the same mental effort. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular
On the obverse side is a large profile of Her Majesty, the border bearing the following inscription:— 'Awarded by the Board of Trade for Gallantry in Saving Life.—V.R.' The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe
The original die of the obverse of this medal is in the Mint at Philadelphia, but the original die of the reverse is not to be found there. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
These are executed with a care and vigor equal to that of the obverse, and are struck with equal success. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
Yet a state of consciousness with absolutely no feeling side to it is as unthinkable as the obverse side of a coin without the reverse. The Mind and Its Education
Mrs. Leadbatter was taken aback by this obverse view of the situation; but, recovering herself, she shook her head. Merely Mary Ann
That was the reverse side of the medal: the obverse was much brighter. With Our Army in Palestine
He also executed the obverse of the medal commemorating the treaty of commerce of 1822, between the United States of America and France. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
The first of these has, obverse, an eagle tearing a ram, on a shield; reverse, a thunderbolt. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
They are the obverse and reverse of the same subject—the cruelty of society to the woman of a blemished reputation, and its leniency to the man. Essays on Scandinavian Literature
Coin of Sulla.On the obverse is the head of Sulla; on the reverse that of Q. Pompeius Rufus, his colleague in his first Consulship. A Smaller History of Rome
It was perhaps the obverse side of his fondness for finery, that Rembrandt had a strong leaning towards the picturesqueness of rags. Rembrandt A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation
The obverse of this medal, though not signed, was engraved by F�rst. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
The obverse in each case tells the story of the event so far as we can read the story, and the reverse invariably confirms the tenor and spirit of the same. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
The passionate love of virtue is, in its obverse, an equally passionate hatred of vice. The Empire of Love
Then let us look at the subject on its obverse aspect. A Candid Examination of Theism
It would be unsafe to suppose that the emblems of the reverse in each case had a necessary relation to Antinous, whose portrait is almost invariably represented on the obverse. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series
Then I looked at the picture on the gray obverse side, and had to strain my eyes on the fine print under it to identify it. Crossroads of Destiny
One of the best of these is a Macedonian coin of the time of Perseus—obverse, head of Perseus; reverse, an eagle on a thunderbolt, within a wreath of oak. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
In the same way the passionate love of our kind has for its obverse an equally passionate hatred for the wrongs they endure. The Empire of Love
The given proposition is called the 'obvertend,' and the inference from it the 'obverse.' Logic Deductive and Inductive
On the obverse is the “Imperial Head”; on the reverse a soldier striking with his spear at a man on horseback. Hertfordshire
Now, the correlative or obverse must be equally true: there must be a corresponding degradation and disqualification attaching to ignorance and the want of instruction. Practical Essays
In connection with this example should be examined a Roman gold coin of about 269 b.c.—obverse, head of Mars; reverse, an eagle holding in its talons a thunderbolt. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
There is no conflict between the two ideas; they are the obverse sides of one great truth. The Madonna in Art
Thus the obvertend being—Some philosophers are consistent reasoners, the obverse will be—Some philosophers are not inconsistent reasoners. Logic Deductive and Inductive
There is an obverse side to this problem, which a long and intimate acquaintance with the Indians in their villages has forced upon the writer. Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142
It contains on the obverse a very interesting representation of the King Hammurabi, receiving his laws from the seated sun-god Šamaš, ‘the judge of heaven and earth.’ The Oldest Code of Laws in the World The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon B.C. 2285-2242
The head, whenever it appears upon the obverse of our coins, is Greek in outline and expression. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
The obverse of this medal displays a fine figure of Victory placing a laurel wreath on the head of Britannia, in a stile of the most chaste simplicity. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1
But take the obverse of the contrapositive of both premises: All m is p; All m is s: ∴ Some s is p. Logic Deductive and Inductive
Mrs. Leadbatter was taken aback by this obverse view of the situation; but recovering herself, she shook her head. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
Then follow, on the obverse, sixteen columns of writing with 1114 lines.  The Oldest Code of Laws in the World The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon B.C. 2285-2242
The obverse and the reverse of coins have always been read together, as a whole. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
Colonial policy would then show the obverse side of the medal. New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?
And it is just the obverse of the Postulate implied in the Method of Abstractions, namely, that 'What is true of the Abstraction is true of concrete cases the more nearly they approach the Abstraction.' Logic Deductive and Inductive
In my blind conceit the obverse side of the question had never presented itself to me. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
The obverse shows a profile head of the poet, in the modelling of which the artist seems to have been chiefly influenced by the Stratford bust. Shakespeare and Precious Stones Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to Where the Precious Stones of His Time Came from
The eagle of 1795 bears upon its obverse a head of Liberty, wearing a rather high Phrygian cap. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
The obverse side of the case appears in British hindrances to the free emigration of artisans during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3
The best known secondary form of Immediate Inference is the Contrapositive, and this is the converse of the obverse of a given proposition. Logic Deductive and Inductive
The model which they hold up for the public's inspiration has on the obverse "More Births!" Little Essays of Love and Virtue
On the obverse are two daggers and a cup, and the date viii. id. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
The double eagle of 1850 bears on its obverse a head of Liberty. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
Nations are beginning to realize that immigration is but the obverse of emigration. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making
The seal bears on the obverse a mounted knight, in a long surcoat, with a triangular shield, his head covered by a conical helmet, with a nasal. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800
At the bottom it is the obverse side of the Divine Right of kings that they represent. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham
In this way the North, during several months in every year, was forced to look at the reverse and the obverse faces, of the Union. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist
Second, obverse, an eagle tearing a serpent; reverse, a thunderbolt. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
The Queen sits on the obverse under a canopy; on the reverse she rides in state on a pacing steed as in her effigy at the Tower of London. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)
The gathering forces of an evil peace, the malignity and waste of war, are but obverse and reverse of the medal of ill-adjusted human relationships. Mr. Britling Sees It Through
To any one but the heartless profligate whose portrait occupied the obverse of the medal, this appeal would have been irresistible, but it does not appear that the unfortunate artist was relieved. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832
This tracing is then penciled or blackened upon the obverse side. Disputed Handwriting An exhaustive, valuable, and comprehensive work upon one of the most important subjects of to-day. With illustrations and expositions for the detection and study of forgery by handwriting of all kinds
Third, obverse, an eagle tearing a hare; reverse, a winged thunderbolt. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
It is, at most, they say, a necessary evil, and, at best, a beneficent institution, the bulwark of the home, the inevitable reverse of which monogamy is the obverse. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society
And now turn, very briefly, to the next suggestion arising from this text, the terrible obverse, so to speak, of the coin: Man refusing a beseeching God. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)
These coins have one and all the same device on the obverse,—a rude standing figure of the Raja holding the trisula in his left hand, and a flower in the right. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1
But there is another side besides the big and bare truths, like giant bones, that the Moslem has found there; there is, so to speak, an obverse of the obvious. The New Jerusalem
One has, obverse, head of eagle; reverse, thunderbolt within a wreath. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
While, however, the obverse human position represents a psychic advance, there has never been a complete physical readjustment of the female organs to the obverse method. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society
Let us now swing around the obverse side of the medal. Promenades of an Impressionist
His meaning comes out still better in the obverse statement: The action is bad that cannot be, or at least cannot be wished to lie, turned unto a universal law. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics
Nearly all are of bronze, with the radiated head of the Emperor on the obverse, and on the reverse devices of every imaginable kind. Early Britain—Roman Britain
Still other examples will show not only the harmony between obverse and reverse, but how coins were dedicated to more than one divinity. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
Indeed, the whole movement is complementary of the first, the obverse as it were. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
It is, we think, the obverse of the Medal, with bronzed circular frame work bearing the motto suggested by Sir Walter. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 581, December 15, 1832
Angel, an old English coin, with the archangel Michael piercing the dragon on the obverse of it. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge
This is a world that allows nothing without its obverse and reverse. The Grandissimes
The paper had to be held to the light and read from the obverse side, as the message was written from right to left. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert
There is a dearth of melodic stress and balance; so little do the subjects differ that they are in essence merely obverse in outline. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
On the obverse is a woman holding a flower or a priest offering incense. A Peep into Toorkisthhan
The device on the obverse was two hands clasped in one of the grips of the Endowment; on the reverse, a figure from the Book of Mormon, with the motto, "Holiness to the Lord." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859
Marlowe's very faults and extravagances, and they are many, are only the obverse of his greatness. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge
Leoni's medal, on the obverse, shows the old artist's head in profile, with strong lines of drapery rising to the neck and gathering around the shoulders. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
Were not the force and terror of his performance the obverse fact? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator
On the obverse is a woman holding a flower or a priest offering incense. A Peep into Toorkisthhan
Both tablets consist of six columns, three on the obverse and three on the reverse. An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic
The tenderness of his universal charity had two phases as indissolubly joined and connected as the reverse and obverse sides of a medal.  The Secret Agent a Simple Tale
But this picture has also its obverse side. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain
This attitude toward subjects is the obverse side of the conception of experience or life as a patchwork of independent interests which exist side by side and limit one another. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education
Besides collecting the coins, I used to make careful drawings of the obverse and reverse faces of each in an illustrated catalogue which I kept in my little coin cabinet. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography
The obverse is very badly preserved, so that only a general view of its contents can be secured. An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic
The attitude of looking up is a strain on the muscles; and it was becoming more and more Glennard's opinion that brains, in a woman, should be merely the obverse of beauty. The Touchstone
There are men who seem to be born to be the reverse, the obverse, the wrong side. Les Misérables
The doctrine of extreme individualism was but the counterpart, the obverse, of ideals of the indefinite perfectibility of man and of a social organization having a scope as wide as humanity. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education
The tacit assumptions of these early plays are stringently positivistic: body and soul are the obverse and reverse of a single substance; earth is the boundary of man's hopes. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I
On the obverse, were also several columns of minute words, which he was just in the act of looking at intently, when the Buddhist at once expostulated. Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books
The obverse, reverse, and two sides of the Metternich Stele have cut upon them nearly three hundred figures of gods and celestial beings. Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations
But when he took it interestedly he merely read the obverse side which I had not observed until now. Ruggles of Red Gap
Upon a coin which on the obverse bears the inscription Constantinus Max. The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion
The obverse, but equally necessary, type of data flow is when people know reality and influence it. Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema
Thus Caesar, Luther, and Saint Ignatius each lived two distinct lives; or, rather, perhaps, it was one life, with sides that were obverse and reverse. Youth and Egolatry
The first plate bore the obverse of a fifty-dollar bill at the top and of a hundred-dollar bill at the bottom, while the other plate held the reverse of both sides. The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross Or Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause
But to enjoin obedience and to bestow authority are the obverse and reverse of one and the same act. Moral Philosophy
On a coin bearing upon its obverse the inscription Constantinopolis, we see upon the other side a figure of Victory and a cross of four equal arms. The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion
The recognition of our own helplessness is the obverse, so to speak, and underside, of confidence in the divine help. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark
The obverse bears a representation of 'Louis the Great the Most Christian King' the reverse contains a legend meaning "Heresy Extinguished." Early European History
There is no quailing—even that forced on the helpless and injured—which has not an ugly obverse: the withheld sting was gathering venom. Daniel Deronda
He is then truly magnanimous on this side of his character by a kind of obverse magnanimity, that bears insults handsomely, as deserved, and honours modestly, as undeserved. Moral Philosophy
A rare coin bears upon the obverse the inscription Constantinus Max. The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion
But hatred is not the opposite of love, it is merely the obverse of the golden coin. The Resources of Quinola
They are the obverse and reverse of the same golden coin. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
In this the prophet is typical of later Judaism, with its longing for the annihilation of the nations as the obverse of the redemption of Zion. Introduction to the Old Testament
In shape they are rectangular, the obverse being flat and tile reverse slightly convex. The Babylonian Story of the Deluge as Told by Assyrian Tablets from Nineveh
The Italian manager directed the Polish conductor to play "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the three thousand men and women of the audience made a chorus on the obverse side of the curtain. We Can't Have Everything
The two views are very similar in character, one being the obverse of the other. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain
Faith in Him and 'no confidence in the flesh' are but the two sides of the same coin, the obverse and the reverse. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
Nothing strikes one more, unless, perhaps, the obverse, when we see some trifling pebble-cast ripple into eternity, some fateful second prolific as the fly aphis. The Book-Bills of Narcissus An Account Rendered by Richard Le Gallienne
He expects no appointment or other appreciable gain through Tulpian's favour; he has no doubleness towards Felicia; there is no sneering or backbiting obverse to his ecstatic admiration. Impressions of Theophrastus Such
The sublime is the obverse of the tapestry with the figures heroic, saintly or sensuous, in battle or temple or bower, in conquest, love, martyrdom, adoration. We Can't Have Everything
But we need not go for examples to the New World, that obverse side of our planet. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; On Human Nature
I see it to be a bit of old, polished, much worn silver, having on the obverse the arms or heraldic bearings of somebody or something; on the reverse the figure of a running horse. The Middle Temple Murder
We have described some of the beauties of the Yukon basin in the summer season, but this radiant picture has its obverse side. Klondyke Nuggets A Brief Description of the Great Gold Regions in the Northwest
The obverse bears a portrait of His Royal Highness, around it inscribed the words:— Schwatka's Search
This Lion is distinctly a beautiful coin, admirably made, with its value in fine, clear letters circling the obverse side, and a head thereon—of Newton, as I live! A Modern Utopia
This specimen of a pure constitution on the obverse side of the planet says very little for republics in general, but still less for the imitations of it in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia and Peru. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; On Human Nature
There, on the obverse, is the figure of a running horse. The Middle Temple Murder
Nothing so thin, but has these two faces; and, when the observer has seen the obverse, he turns it over to see the reverse. Representative Men
You know but one side of the medal, Hypatia, and the fairer; I have seen its reverse as well as its obverse. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face
"Good taste" is the staunchest ally of hypocrisy, and corruption is the obverse side of civilisation. Without Prejudice
The obverse then, of the Greek citizen, who realised in the state his highest life, was an inferior class of producers who realised only the means of subsistence. The Greek View of Life
She was, in fact, the reverse of the medal of which poor Lady Rowley filled the obverse. He Knew He Was Right
Plato turns incessantly the obverse and the reverse of the medal of Jove. Representative Men
"But on the obverse side?" with a smile that was sad and dubious. Half a Rogue
Heresy is the obverse side of the Church. The Kingdom of God Is Within You
Were there obverse meditations of involution increasingly less vast? Ulysses
So the idea belonging to the object, and the psychophysical effect of the object are only obverse and inverse of the same phenomenon. The Psychology of Beauty
The coins which were stamped by him bore a shepherd's crook and pouch on the obverse, and on the reverse the Tower of David. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4
Until he had read the reverse and obverse sides of life, his sense of morality had lain dormant and untilled. Half a Rogue
They bore the figure of an archer on the obverse, and on the reverse a very rough and primitive quadratum incusum. History of Phoenicia
The remainder of the obverse is mutilated, but gave the names of Nebo in Sumerian, and apparently also of Tašmêtum, his consort. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
On the obverse the upper portion of each of the first three columns is missing, while of the remaining three columns, which are inscribed upon the reverse, the upper portions only are preserved. Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition
As such he had coins struck, which bore the figure of Esther on the obverse, and his own figure on the reverse. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4
Before examining the drawing on the obverse of each sheet, she turned it over to read the title. Crome Yellow
"And also," he adds, showing obverse as well as reverse of the world's problem of employment and discipline, "we can see at once if a woman is not in her proper shed." War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war
Something more as to its properties, real or assumed, we shall have occasion to examine as we turn to the obverse side of physics, which demands our attention in the next chapter. A History of Science — Volume 3
In the last analysis, division is only the obverse side of multiplication, and any one who has not learned his multiplication table is reduced to some such expedient as that of the Egyptian. A History of Science — Volume 1
This being granted, it remains only to state and illustrate the obverse fact. The Unseen World and Other Essays
This reverse side belongs to God; the obverse side to men. Seraphita
O good French language, cunning and good, that lets me read the sentence in obverse or converse as I will!  The Rhythm of Life
But that is like trying to draw the obverse and reverse of a sixpence worn to complete illegibility. The New Machiavelli
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