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She resolved to shut her hot-lidded eyes, but opened them in a little while to torture herself with the knowledge of that ungeometrical thing against the far wall.

From A Diversity of Creatures by Kipling, Rudyard

Dear Archimedes,—Things have gone on badly with thy ungeometrical friend; but they are on the turn.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)