There are some supreme moments-they say the moment of violent death is one of them-in which all Life's obscurations are made instantaneously clear; but if my own supreme moment ought to have taken that form, I can only say that it did not.
"The Debit Account"
Oliver Onions
Mr. Lowell has perceived no sign of clouds or obscurations, and indeed no indication of any atmospheric envelope; the surface of Mercury is colourless, "a geography in black and white."
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball
True, there were moments of flying fog in which she did not see it, but clean winds quickly brushed away the obscurations, and not a remnant clung.
"She Buildeth Her House"
Will Comfort