Give me thy hand; I thank thee: I never gave pension but to flatterers, Till I entertained thee.
— from The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster

But in the resolutions which he so often embraces and always leaves unexecuted, his weakness is too apparent: he does himself only justice when he implies that there is no greater dissimilarity than between himself and Hercules.
— from Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by August Wilhelm von Schlegel

During all this time statesmen have insisted that there is no good reason why Germany and England should not be on good terms; gentlemen of various trades and professions from both countries, speaking halting English or embarrassed German, as the case may be, cross each other’s boundaries, comment upon the beauties of the respective countries, and overeat themselves in ponderous endeavors to appear cordial and appreciative.
— from Germany and the Germans from an American Point of View by Price Collier

The fault with Empoli’s hotel is that there is no garage and the proprietors recommend no one as competent to house your automobile, saying you can take your choice of any one of a half a dozen renters of stallagio near by.
— from Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

"I regret, Miss 'Lethe," said the Colonel, turning to the disappointed lady at his side, after having completed his inquiries, "that there is no good hotel heah.
— from In Old Kentucky by Charles Turner Dazey