elucidative

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Readers may try to remember these elucidative items, riddled from the immensities of Dryasdust: I have no more to give, nor can afford to return upon it.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 13 by Carlyle, Thomas

The latter is in so many ways elucidative and illuminative of the former, outwardly and inwardly, that I deem it well to give it first.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

There is incidentally a quantity of autobiographic record in my notes to this manuscript; but except as subsidiary and elucidative of the text I put no value on such.

From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)

I now propose to bring together a series of facts specially elucidative of the harrowing theme.

From The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) by Steinmetz, Andrew

At a very early stage of the Menzel Excerpts it became manifest that certain synchronous Austrian Ditto would prove highly elucidative; that, in fact, it would be indispensable to get hold of these as well.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 17 by Carlyle, Thomas