Thesaurus / obliquity
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This perhaps accounted for the obliquity of his glance, which, some believed, conveyed a useful hint about his character.
THE GIRL FROM KELLER'SHAROLD BINDLOSSThey were wide and brown, deep as grotto pools, and strange, with a hint of obliquity alien to him by untold centuries.
WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDSJOHN RUSSELLOn the contrary, what I see in it is a spurious sensibility and that moral obliquity to which I have referred.
THE ENGLISH STAGEAUGUSTIN FILONIf the obliquity of the ecliptic were made 10 greater, what would be the effect upon the seasons in the temperate zones?
A TEXT-BOOK OF ASTRONOMYGEORGE C. COMSTOCKAll darkness had not passed away from their understandings, nor all obliquity from their hearts.
GREAT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICACHARLES A. GOODRICHObliquity is sometimes righted spontaneously, but more frequently it requires the interference of art.
THE MATRON'S MANUAL OF MIDWIFERY, AND THE DISEASES OF WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY AND IN CHILDBEDFREDERICK HOLLICKThis statement applies to both sexes, but the obliquity is greater in the female than in the male.
THE WORKS OF FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR, VOLUME 1FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOURYet deep in his nature was that obliquity, that adeptness at trickery, that facility in deceit, which made him the success he was.
THE SHADOWARTHUR STRINGERHe rendered much service to the science of astronomy, and first observed the obliquity of the ecliptic.
THE NEW GRESHAM ENCYCLOPEDIAVARIOUSPoets have sometimes displayed an obliquity of taste in their female favourites.
CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE, VOL. 1 (OF 3)ISAAC D'ISRAELIWORDS RELATED TO OBLIQUITY
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