A straight line is one-dimensional.

Firſt Moloch, horrid King beſmear'd with blood / Of human ſacrifice, and parents tears,

Quite unconscious of the demonstrations of their amorous neighbour, or their effects upon the susceptible bosom of her mama, Kate Nickleby had, by this time begun to enjoy a settled feeling of tranquillity and happiness, to which, even in occasional and transitory glimpses, she had long been a stranger.

Should a School-boy do so, he'd be whip'd for a Dunny.