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Now altho 'she was thus incircled with Griefs and Misfortunes, her Beauties were not thereby obscur'd but, like the Sun behind a transparent Cloud, was more conspicuous to the Beholders, especially to the View of Hannibal, whose young Heart having never yet been touch'd with any amorous
Exilius 2008
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And as no Person can doubt, but that the Jewish Religion was much more perfect in the Days of _Moses_, and those which immediately succeeded him, than in after Times, when it was obscur'd and mudded by
The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan Ibn Tufail
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The Heavens here were ever serene; no Thunder-bearing Cloud obscur'd the
A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country Captain Samuel Brunt
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Apostles, and the Ages immediately succeeding them, than since it has been obscur'd by the Interest of the Designing on the one hand, and the
The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan Ibn Tufail
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Being among the hindmost in Market-street, I had the curiosity to learn how far he could be heard, by retiring backwards down the street towards the river; and I found his voice distinct till I came near Front-street, when some noise in that street obscur'd it.
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Seen o'er the glade, when not obscur'd by night: 110
Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Being among the hindmost in Market-street, I had the curiosity to learn how far he could be heard, by retiring backwards down the street towards the river; and I found his voice distinct till I came near Front-street, when some noise in that street obscur'd it.
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Front-street, when some noise in that street obscur'd it.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin 1748
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Front-street, when some noise in that street obscur'd it.
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin 1748
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The meaning is obscur'd by the elliptical diction.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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