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Persons given to cryptical studies were inclined to consider this an esoteric form of advertisement, intended to convey to the initiated the information that A. STORM had gone into the beer business.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Various

But else, and failing these cryptical or subterraneous currents of communication, for us the record is closed.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various

Matters were in this cryptical state when the door opened and Father came in.

New Treasure Seekers Edith 1925

His comment on this piece of news is strong but cryptical.

On Something Hilaire Belloc 1911

He did not explain that somewhat cryptical remark, and presently he left her and went to his room.

Skyrider B. M. Bower 1905

Matters were in this cryptical state when the door opened and Father came in.

New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune 1891

I forget whether in the Bishop of Chester's account of this cryptical language the consonant intercalated be G or not.

Autobiographical Sketches Thomas De Quincey 1822

But else, and failing these cryptical or subterraneous currents of communication, for us the record is closed.

Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822

And yet, from the blindness or inconsiderate examination of his critics, this latent wisdom -- this cryptical science of poetic effects -- in the mighty poet, has been misinterpreted, and set down to the account of defective skill, or even of puerile ostentation.

Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822