" Thus he in sorrow for his favourite son Obscured the light which might have sparkled still, Withering the jasmine flower of happy days; So that his pale existence looked like death.

A dark cloud had sprung up in the south-west, far off as yet, and near the horizon; but its fringe already touched and obscured the low-hanging sun, and a shadow flew far and vast before it.

They were firing to the west and toward the north, where the black clouds obscured his view.

Friction over small things obscures vision and judgment, and hate hides the lovableness that must lie in every being.

The many legends which have grown up around her name and history have so obscured historic truth that the Breviary gives no historic lessons on her feast day, but gives as a lesson part of a homily from St. Gregory.

To him the least thing is a new discovery, but it must not come dead into the little world, nor lie dead therein, lest it obscure the small horizon and crush the little world.

It was all a desolate, restless waste in the midst of which we tossed, while above hung masses of dark clouds obscuring the sky.

" "Take this rulewhatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual thingsin short, whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mindthat thing is sin to you, however innocent it may be in itself.

The shouts of warriors, the neighing of horses, and the clashing of arms reached the broad arch of heaven, while dust obscured the face of day.

Gradually, the mist that obscured my sight, began to thin away; and so, in time, my vision dwelt once again upon the silent surface of the Sea of Sleep.

Now the worst effect of fear is that it obscures good judgment, and makes a man in desperation do deeds of a foolhardiness from which at other times he would shrink.

When Afrásiyáb was informed of the result of this battle, he sent presents and honorary dresses to his officers, saying, "We must not be contented with this triumph; you have yet to obscure the martial glory of Rustem and Khosráu."

AN UNDESERVING FAVOURITE Is a piece of base metal with the King's stamp upon it, a fog raised by the sun to obscure his own brightness.

This youth had sense and spirit; But yet with all his sense, Excessive diffidence Obscured his merit.

He was convinced that there were secret influences at work to obscure the true facts in the case of the escaped prisoners, but what the agencies were he could not guess.

In the first place, we obscure our meaning.

Do we search for something there to obscure their clearness, or break their force, or reduce their authority?

The protoplasm in the form of the primordial utricle is, as it were, the animal element in the plant, but which is imprisoned, and only becomes free in the animal; or, to strip off the metaphor which obscures simple thought, the energy of organic vitality which is manifested in movement is especially exhibited by a nitrogenous contractile substance, which in plants is limited and fettered by an inert membrane, in animals not so.

When these people wish to commit robberies, by means of incantations addressed to the demons, they have the means of obscuring the air as if it were midnight darkness, that they may not be seen from any distance.

Such is the fascination of worldly trifles that obscures their eyes!

For as the higher trees do shield the shrubs From posting Phlegon's warmth and breathing fire, So mighty men obscure each other's fame, And make the best deservers fortune's game.

Nay, what was that which obscured its outline, in shape like a human figure?

Clouds had obscured the moon, and distant thunder rolled along the sky; and, roused by the clamorous grief of the many women assembled in the lodge, she heard from them of the dark tragedy in which she had been the principal actor.

There is one other point that may obscure the hope arising from Norman Angell's book.

On ascending the hill, we found that though the elevation and position accommodated a fine view in fine weather, yet the rain at the present time obscured all distant objects, but the country to the south and west consisted of flat-topped sandstone hills with large open valleys between; to the east the view was obstructed by rising ground, while to the north lay the vast grassy plain which we had traversed during the last two days.