2 be at ease, not restless or nervous.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

With whichsoever of the many tongues of Rumour this frothy report originated, it either never reached or never influenced the ears of young Snagsby, who, having wooed and won its fair subject on his arrival at man's estate, entered into two partnerships at once.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Mines are opened, railways or bridges made, and many other works of uncertain profit commenced, and in these enterprises much capital is sunk which yields either no return, or none adequate to the outlay.
— from Principles of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill

And thirdly, that though no element present on our Earth could ever possibly be found wanting in the Sun, there are many others there which have either not reached, or not as yet been discovered on our globe.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 1 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

Either no reality or no possible knowledge of it': very disappointing to an anxious inquirer!
— from Logic: Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read

Mr. Madison now informs me that either not recollecting or not understanding this to have been the arrangement, instructions have been given to the officer commanding by land, relative to intercourse, which may produce collision.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 5 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

He refers to letters written from Bristol, but they were either never received or not preserved.
— from Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Samuel Finley Breese Morse

With whichsoever of the many tongues of Rumour this frothy report originated, it either never reached, or never influenced, the ears of young Snagsby; who, having wooed and won its fair subject, on his arrival at man's estate, entered into two partnerships at once.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXV, June, 1852 by Various

But because Φήληξ makes no considerable distinction, learned men do chiefly insist upon the three others; that is, Ὄλυνθος, or Grossus , which are the Buttons, or small sort of Figgs, either not ripe, or not ordinarily proceeding to ripeness, but fall away
— from The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3 by Browne, Thomas, Sir

"What for book say dat?" cried Governor, who, from being the merriest, had now become the angriest of all; "who ebber hear of chain a nigga, escept nigga runaway, or nigga gwyin' down gin' will to Mississippi?
— from Sheppard Lee, Written by Himself. Vol. 2 (of 2) by Robert Montgomery Bird

We have usually had to create or wait for our opportunity—too often because we were either not ready or not bold enough to seize the first that occurred.
— from Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Julian Stafford Corbett