"Uncoloured" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the object dwells in the mind, clear of memory-pictures, uncoloured by the mind, as a pure luminous idea, this is perception ...
— The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali • Charles Johnston
... different ways may the triangular pyramid be coloured, using in every case one, two, three, or four colours of the solar spectrum? Of course a side can only receive a single colour, and no side can be left uncoloured. But there is one point that I must make quite clear. The four sides are not to be regarded as individually distinct. That is to say, if you paint your pyramid as shown in Fig. 2 (where the bottom side is green and the ...
— Amusements in Mathematics • Henry Ernest Dudeney
... especially after Doyle's secession. From time to time experiments have been made in the direction of novelty. Thus in 1848, in consequence of the great popularity of the issue, a luxurious edition was prepared, at the price of five shillings for the coloured and half that sum for the uncoloured copies, wherein, it was claimed, "full effect is given to the artists' designs." It was certainly an imposing affair, with meadows of margin, and printed on one side only of the thick paper; and it now commands ...
— The History of "Punch" • M. H. Spielmann
... Mrs. Ruth to take her attention off the pillow-lace she was at work upon. She remarked:—"I thought her a nice old soul, to look at." This was not quite uncoloured by the vague indictment against Mrs. Picture about Dave, who had, somehow, qualified for the receipt of forgiveness. Which implies some offence ...
— When Ghost Meets Ghost • William Frend De Morgan |
