limitary
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He is finely imagined, and poorly conceived,—true, that is, to the inspiring substance of man, but not true to his limitary form: for imagination gives the revealing form, conception the form which limits and conceals.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 by Various
The brilliant dare-devil from Italy despised alike the raw, limitary, reputable, priggish undergraduates and the dull, snuffling, smug-looking, fussy dons.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright
Not that I fear, do I decline the fight: You I disdain; let me with Him contend, On whom your limitary powers depend.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Sir Walter Scott
I never stood much affected to these limitary specialities.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb
I never stood much affected to these limitary specialities,—least of all, since the date of my superannuation.
From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb
