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He possesses also somewhat of Hawthorne's interest in ethical problems, with something of the same power of getting at the heart of them; he, too, has written his parables and apologs wherein the moral is obvious and unobtruded.
Inquiries and Opinions Brander Matthews 1890
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There was a reason, here, of secret, unobtruded science: if the sun stopped, the moon must stop too; that is to say, both apparently: the fact being that the earth must, for the while, rest on its axis.
Probabilities : An aid to Faith Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849
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There was a reason, here, of secret, unobtruded science: if the sun stopped, the moon must stop too; that is to say, both apparently: the fact being that the earth must, for the while, rest on its axis.
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849
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Clementina was, as she declared herself, quite in heaven, chez Madame Beaumont, where she was permitted, to follow the dictates of her innocent mind, unobtruded on, by such coarse and disagreeable remarks; for Mrs. Beaumont, was too much a woman of the world, not to treat her with infinite politeness.
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