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But I never got anything

But I never got anything out of him—any ideas, you know.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

but I nodded gaily and

I disliked his laugh because I knew it was forced, but I nodded gaily and asked him where he was going.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Bohemia in Nuremberg Germany and

Martin de Behaim (Beham, Behem, Behemira, Behen, Bœhem), Bœhm) was born about 1459 (some say also in 1430 or 1436) of a family originally from Bohemia, in Nuremberg, Germany, and died at Lisbon, July 29, 1506.
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

business itself nor gives any

Because our employments are a burden to us, Strato has courteously been pleased to exempt the gods from all offices, as their priests are; he makes nature produce and support all things; and with her weights and motions make up the several parts of the world, discharging human nature from the awe of divine judgments: Quod beatum terumque sit, id nec habere negotii quicquam, nec exhibere alteri: “What is blessed and eternal has neither any business itself nor gives any to another.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

But it never grew any

But it never grew any shorter, and, besides, it made him squint.
— from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

believed in no gods at

Impiety, in denying the gods recognised by the State; indeed his accuser asserted (see the "Apologia") that he believed in no gods at all.
— from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

But I neglected going and

But I neglected going, and perhaps should never have gone, if chance had not discovered to me the treasure which lay concealed in that retired spot.
— from The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

But it never gets any

But it never gets any easier.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Banishment is no grievance at

Banishment is no grievance at all, Omne solum forti patria, &c. et patria est ubicunque bene est , that's a man's country where he is well at ease.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

body in new garments and

When the bishop had made an end of saying this and more in like manner, with many tears and great compunction and with faltering tongue, the brothers did as he had commanded them, and when they had wrapped the body in new garments, and laid it in a new coffin, they placed it above the pavement of the sanctuary.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

both in Nether Germany and

Had he lived twenty years longer, it is probable that the seven provinces would have been seventeen; and that the Spanish title would have been for ever extinguished both in Nether Germany and Celtic Gaul.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1574-84) by John Lothrop Motley

But I never got as

But I never got as simple an idea of religion as that from our minister."
— from From Jest to Earnest by Edward Payson Roe

baggage into Northleach gaol and

If I was you, squire, I'd clap the baggage into Northleach gaol, and exercise the justice of the peace agin un for an idle varmint."
— from A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire by J. Arthur (Joseph Arthur) Gibbs

bird is not gregarious always

This bird is not gregarious, always moving in pairs, and although, as they are preparing for their migrations, they congregate in particular localities, they always keep somewhat apart in family groups, and do not mingle promiscuously as do many others of this family.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

because it now gives actual

When all signs of pain are gone, the turpentine is then lowered to one-third, the embrocation being applied only once a-day, because it now gives actual pain.
— from The Dog by W. N. (William Nelson) Hutchinson

British Isles northern Germany and

Europe had two main areas of ice—a small one in the Alps, a much larger one in Scandinavia, the British Isles, northern Germany, and Poland—but they were self-contained.
— from Early Man in the New World by Joseph A. Hester

but I never give a

If I was to let a cove off once, he’d do it again; but I never give a lad a chance, so long as I can get anigh him.
— from London Labour and the London Poor (Vol. 1 of 4) by Henry Mayhew

but I never got anything

However, I would not burn it, but gave it to Hugh of Llangwin, a celebrated poet of the time, who took it to Llandyrnog, where he sold it for ten shillings to the lads of the place, who performed it the following summer; but I never got anything for my labour, save a sup of ale from the players when I met them.
— from Wild Wales: The People, Language, & Scenery by George Borrow

bet I never get a

“I’ll bet I never get a deep breath from here to Chicago,” smiled Grace, as the silver monoplane settled down on the Cheyenne field.
— from Jane, Stewardess of the Air Lines by Ruthe S. Wheeler

but I naturally glanced at

My man seemed absorbed in his food; but I naturally glanced at the card, and there was the name “Joseph Collins” to give me an additional interest in my new patient.
— from Proverb Stories by Louisa May Alcott

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