Peculiarity

The second Peculiarity which is obvious to the eye, is also very remarkable, and that is the prodigious length of its leggs, in proportion to its small round body, each legg of this I drew, being above sixteen times the length of its whole body, and there are some which have them yet longer, and others that seem of the same kind, that have them a great deal shorter; the eight leggs are each of them jointed, just like those of a

Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Robert Hooke 1669

(“On the Peculiarity of the Scientific World-View” p. 216)

September 13th, 2009 m_francis 2009

For this reason, I wrote a blog post, "Peculiarity has become the excuse for highway tolls," that called this into question.

Excerpts: Lawyer Liu 2008

Main Peculiarity of this village is that you can find most part is surrounded by river.

My beautiful village of Parpram 2008

If you're a fan of the art and words of Edward Gorey, you may well enjoy Ascending Peculiarity, a collection of interviews with Gorey over nearly 30 years...

"Oh, the of it all" sbisson 2004

If you _memorise_ the Correlation, you will recall the Name whenever you think of this Peculiarity (whatever struck you about him).

Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget

Peculiarity of this measure is that through successive stages, each occupying a full sitting, no one even distantly alludes to its existence or provisions.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914 Various

Peculiarity lies in the consciousness -- the consciousness with which they set themselves to eliminate all that lies between themselves and the pure forms of things.

Art Clive Bell 1922

Peculiarity of a certain lake that it draws to itself persons sleeping on its bank.

The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Thomas, Calvin, 1854-1919 1901

-- Peculiarity of a certain lake that it draws to itself persons sleeping on its bank.

The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Calvin Thomas 1886