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but likely enough never to

With this feeling uppermost, he continued to waive the question of the chaplaincy, and to persuade himself that it was not only no proper business of his, but likely enough never to vex him with a demand for his vote.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

being large enough not to

The fineness of the grind should be regulated by the nature of the filtering medium, the grains being large enough not to slip through the perforations.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

besought Lorenzo earnestly not to

Nearly related to the Prioress, She had more reason than the rest to dread the Rioters, and now besought Lorenzo earnestly not to abandon her to their rage.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

be long enough not to

These loops must be long enough, not to pucker or tighten the scallops.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

be lightly esteemed not to

Surely, this is a career not to be lightly esteemed, not to be slurred over bunglingly.
— from Ginger-Snaps by Fanny Fern

be large enough not to

If these are made, the holes in the sides should be large enough not to touch the axle.
— from Manual Training Toys for the Boy's Workshop by Harris W. Moore

But lang ere night the

But lang ere night the spear was flown, That slew my love, and left me mourning.
— from The Genius of Scotland; or, Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Robert Turnbull

beautiful Lough Ennell near the

Other royal houses there were in Meath—at Tailteen, at the hill of Usna, and on the margin of the beautiful Lough Ennell, near the present Castlepollard, and at one or other of these, after monarchs held occasional court; but those of the northern race made their habitual home in their own patrimony near Armagh, or on the celebrated hill of Aileach.
— from A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1 by Thomas D'Arcy McGee

begged Lady Elizabeth not to

She was afraid of heart-burnings, and, as usual, yielded her own wishes, begged Lady Elizabeth not to disturb her plans, made many declarations of Theodora’s kindness and attention; and in return, poor thing!
— from Heartsease; Or, The Brother's Wife by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

British lines extending nearly thirty

The large territory between the American and British lines, extending nearly thirty miles from north to south, and embracing Westchester county, was populous and highly cultivated.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.—September, 1851—Vol. III. by Various

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