abscure

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He is, we may almost say of course, violent and unjust against Strafford and Clarendon; and the most prominent touch of candour that we can find in this period of his history is, that he slurs over the murder of Laud in an abscure half-line (i. 119) as if he were -- as we hope he really is -- ashamed of it.

Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899