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decoration just enough not to
The artist workman of the olden time knew how to combine the beautiful with the useful, to use decoration just enough not to offend good taste, to make the lines of his work eminently artistic and in general to turn out a fine work of art.
— from The Thirteenth, Greatest of Centuries by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

diaries journals etc not the
The state of the Court at that time is abundantly pictured in numerous memoirs, diaries, journals, etc., not the least among which is that of Miss Burney, Jane’s contemporary and sister authoress.
— from Jane Austen and Her Times by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton

down just enough not to
The men on No. 4 had only time to say that four miles out from Argenta, down the Run beyond Narrow Gauge Junction, their whistle suddenly shrieked, the air-brakes were set with a clamp that jolted the whole train, [79] and they slowed down just enough not to knock into flinders a hand-car that was sailing ahead of them, down-grade.
— from To the Front: A Sequel to Cadet Days by Charles King

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