Citations:accuracy

English citations of accuracy

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• 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.

  I began also to observe, with greater accuracy, the forms that surrounded me and to perceive the boundaries of the radiant roof of light which canopied me.

  I now related my history briefly but with firmness and precision, marking the dates with accuracy and never deviating into invective or exclamation.

• 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.

  The room was very dark, too dark to be observed with any accuracy, though Scrooge glanced round it in obedience to a secret impulse, anxious to know what kind of room it was. A pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the bed; and on it, plundered and bereft, unwatched, unwept, uncared for, was the body of this man.

• 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.

  No sooner was the carpenter apprised of the order, than taking his rule, he forthwith with all the indifferent promptitude of his character, proceeded into the forecastle and took Queequeg's measure with great accuracy, regularly chalking Queequeg's person as he shifted the rule.