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“But,” continueth Sir Thomas, “Andrew Thevet, in his Cosmography, doth ocularly overthrow it, for he affirmeth he saw an ass with his saddle cast therein and drowned.”

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

Goroko, the witch-doctor, stared round him, sniffed the air and then remarked ocularly that it was "wizard's weather" and that there were many spirits about.

From She and Allan by Haggard, Henry Rider

With elements we know, new elements begin to mingle; the old are withdrawn, and presently, musically, as ocularly, the scene is changed.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

If the perforated rubber diaphragm cap be substituted the esophagus can be reballooned, but work is no longer ocularly guided.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

As he disappears, Mime crawls near to convince himself ocularly of Fafner's death.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall