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give a very imperfect notion of

They are all marked by a peculiar kind of artificial pathos—the recording angel's tear, Uncle Toby's fly, the dead ass, the caged starling, Maria of Moulines (I name them as they occur to me)—and they give a very imperfect notion of the true Shandean flavour.
— from Shelburne Essays, Third Series by Paul Elmer More

gives a very interesting notice of

Mr. Williams' Preface gives a very interesting notice of the MSS.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 by Various

gives a very interesting narrative of

Humboldt gives a very interesting narrative of the mode of the capture of the gymnoti employed by the Indians of South America.
— from Invention and Discovery: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches by Anonymous

gentry are very ingenious not only

You must know such gentry are very ingenious, not only in keeping their own pigeons safe, but in adding to their numbers by attracting those of other people.
— from Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

gave a very indistinct notion of

The narrative hung together but awkwardly, and in truth gave a very indistinct notion of how she had comported herself at the various stages of the irregular courtship.
— from The Odd Women by George Gissing

gets a very imperfect notion of

He had heard of the towns and population of the republic; but one gets a very imperfect notion of any fact of this sort by report, unless previous experience has prepared the mind to make the necessary comparisons, and fitted it to receive the images intended to be conveyed.
— from Oak Openings by James Fenimore Cooper

give a very inadequate notion of

It is plain, and Plateau makes this remark himself, that such experiments upon the power of unaided vision in Insects, give a very inadequate notion of the facility with which an Insect flying at large can find its way.
— from The Structure and Life-history of the Cockroach (Periplaneta orientalis) An Introduction to the Study of Insects by L. C. (Louis Compton) Miall

general a very indistinct notion of

For the Dutch army, composed of men who had been born in various climates, and had served under various standards, presented an aspect at once grotesque, gorgeous, and terrible to islanders who had, in general, a very indistinct notion of foreign countries.
— from The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

gathered a very imperfect notion of

[Pg 200] in full, but gathered a very imperfect notion of Cardan's reply.
— from Jerome Cardan: A Biographical Study by W. G. (William George) Waters

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