[135] The fact that phosphorus-preparations may do good in nervous exhaustion proves nothing as to the part played by phosphorus in mental activity.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

The fact that phosphorus-preparations may do good in nervous exhaustion proves nothing as to the part played by phosphorus in mental activity.
— from Psychology: Briefer Course by William James

The Iraqi government is not effectively providing its people with basic services: electricity, drinking water, sewage, health care, and education.
— from The Iraq Study Group Report by Iraq Study Group (U.S.)

The proposed government is not even provisional or circumscribed.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress

‘The Government is not exactly pleased with your work when you relieved Sanders.’
— from Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling

There, through his skill in interpreting dreams, he rose to high dignities and honors in the court of Pharaoh; and, by his agency, the entire family were allowed to settle oh the pasture-lands of Goshen in northern Egypt (p. 40).
— from Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading by George Park Fisher

I regretted this the more because as a rule they were a set of free-hearted men, whose instincts were generous, if not exactly prudent.
— from The Betrayal of John Fordham by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon