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These have no tails, and are probably mere nebulosities, without solid nuclei.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

Mere comets or vague nebulosities in the firmament, without a form, and without a home.

From Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

They appear as pale nebulosities, rounded or oval, more condensed toward the center, without, however, showing any distinct nucleus.

From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)

No one, who has not been stultified by theological nebulosities, ought to fail to know, as we knew when we first began to go to school, that a blind man cannot see anything at all.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 07, May 14, 1870 by Various

Existence, to follow out the argument, is not always painted in shadow, its horizon obscured by dark-tinted nebulosities!

From She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)