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The term “microscopic” in literature is employed in multifaceted ways, often blending literal scientific observation with metaphorical nuance. In works like Jesse F. Bone’s and Chekhov’s compiled stories [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], it describes a meticulous, almost obsessive level of scrutiny—whether in a character’s searching gaze or the diminutive stature of its subjects. Meanwhile, poets like Alexander Pope [7, 8] and historical figures such as Napoleon [9, 10] use the term to question or emphasize the limitations and peculiarities of human perception. In contrast, adventure narratives by Jules Verne [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16] and scientific inquiries [17, 18, 19] invoke “microscopic” to denote the minute details of the natural world, from the behavior of tiny organisms to the intricate structure of matter. Collectively, these examples illustrate how “microscopic” serves as both a literal descriptor in scientific contexts and a metaphorical device for emphasizing precision or diminutive scale in human experiences.
  1. His hard blue eyes never left George’s, searching with microscopic intentness for the faintest sign of the Lani’s intentions.
    — from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone
  2. “Consider with your microscopic female brain, what am I to go for?” “ Basile , I shall faint! .
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  3. Evidently actors or journalists of microscopic dimensions.
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  4. This faculty of his playing on all conceivable objects, all conceivable emotions, no matter how microscopic, endows them with life and a soul.
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  5. "Every man has in his skin microscopic glands which contain currents of electricity.
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  6. They were checked with microscopic care by Otpen One’s IFF.
    — from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone
  7. Why has not man a microscopic eye?
    — from An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires by Alexander Pope
  8. Why has not Man a microscopic eye?
    — from The Rape of the Lock, and Other Poems by Alexander Pope
  9. As for his microscopic eye, we know of nothing like it in all history.
    — from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I
  10. In the first place, he had, like the great Stagirite, an eye at once telescopic and microscopic.
    — from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I
  11. The tiny microscopic animals that secrete this polypary live by the billions in the depths of their cells.
    — from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne
  12. And that's how these islands were formed, the immense achievement of microscopic animals.
    — from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne
  13. Jellyfish, microscopic crustaceans, and sea–pen coral lit it faintly with their phosphorescent glimmers.
    — from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne
  14. Medusae, microscopic crustacea, and pennatules lit it slightly with their phosphorescent gleam.
    — from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne
  15. "And you attribute this color to the presence of microscopic algae?"
    — from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne
  16. " "And you attribute this colour to the presence of a microscopic seaweed?" "Yes."
    — from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne
  17. So is the microscopic examination for blood corpuscles.
    — from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
  18. It is a microscopic fungus whose spores, carried by the wind, adhere to and germinate upon the leaves of the coffee tree
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  19. — Bibliography : Law, Alloys ; Osmond and Stead, Microscopic Analysis of Metals ; Mellor, Crystallization of Iron and Steel ; Desch, Metallography .
    — from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various

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