In this flat swamp of convalescence, left by the ebb of sickness, yet far enough from the terra firma of established health, your note, dear Editor, reached me, requesting—an article.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb
‘What hae ye no done?’ exclaimed his mother.—‘Was na my heart set on a match atween Beenie and Walky there—my ain grandchilder, and weel worthy o’ ane anither; and hae na ye sworn, for aught I ken, a triple vow that ye would ne’er gie your consent?’
— from The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy by John Galt
"Have you not done enough?
— from Molly Bawn by Duchess
'Fwhat's that for?' said Mulvaney. 'Have ye not drunk enough?'
— from Soldier Stories by Rudyard Kipling
"For the moment have you not done enough?"
— from The Pursuit by Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile
But, although no crest marks the career of his ancestors, or shield emblazons their escutcheon with mementoes of achievements in arts or in arms; and although I claim not in his behalf, as of the heroes in olden times, "a pedigree that reached to heaven," yet no doubt exists of the antiquity of his family.
— from Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman by William L. (William Leete) Stone
"Have you not done enough?"
— from King Arthur and His Knights by Maude Radford Warren
And did not Zeal-for-Truth look about as wistfully for Patience as any other man would have done, longing to see her, yet not daring even to ask for her?
— from Plays and Puritans by Charles Kingsley
Have you now described everything which was done during the time you were there?
— from Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission
Petite Maman, have you not done enough for one day?"
— from The Scarecrow, and Other Stories by G. Ranger (Gwendolyn Ranger) Wormser
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