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Unless she tells us what we wish to know her capture will do us no good at all."
— from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
He resolved then to wait until he did so, and then to sweep down upon Northern Germany, and so by threatening the king's line of retreat to force him to abandon Bavaria and the south and to march to meet him.
— from The Lion of the North: A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
You can do us no good, and that mean, cruel Lorraine may do you much harm.
— from Iola Leroy; Or, Shadows Uplifted by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Raging about will do us no good, and we must eat and drink."
— from Umboo, the Elephant by Howard Roger Garis
"No," he said at length, "it's done us no good at all.
— from All Men are Ghosts by L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall) Jacks
It’ll do us no good, and be robbing our boys.”
— from Dick o' the Fens: A Tale of the Great East Swamp by George Manville Fenn
We must forget the small localism which can do us no good, and join the great brotherhood of letters which writes the world over, in the English tongue.
— from Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir
“No, Tom; but I don’t like a storm, because it does us no good, and may do us harm.”
— from Fast in the Ice: Adventures in the Polar Regions by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
And the wines that are drunk—they do us no good, and often much harm.”
— from The House of Armour by Marshall Saunders
“Do us no good at all.
— from An Outback Marriage: A Story of Australian Life by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson
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