He is taller than the Indian, not so tall as Gilchrist.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

“I maintain that there is no such thing as predestination,” I said, scattering on the table a score or so of ducats—all I had in my pocket.
— from A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov

There is no such thing as death, Holly, only a change, and, as you may perhaps learn in time to come, I believe that even that change could under certain circumstances be indefinitely postponed,” and again he broke into one of his dreadful fits of coughing.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

I render them the conquest of my house cowardly and base; it is never shut to any one that knocks; my gate has no other guard than a porter, and he of ancient custom and ceremony; who does not so much serve to defend it as to offer it with more decorum and grace; I have no other guard nor sentinel than the stars.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

It is not singular that, as the daughter of two persons of distinguished literary celebrity, I should very early in life have thought of writing.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

There is no such thing as a bad tool for that workman.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

It is precisely because Christianity has not done this, that it has been the religion of the progressive portion of mankind, and Islamism, Brahminism, &c., have been those of the stationary portions; or rather (for there is no such thing as a really stationary society) of the declining portions.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

Then it is not surprising that a higher life disengages itself which, by reacting upon the elements of which it is the product, raises them to a higher plane of existence and transforms them.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

For example: 350 PARK AVENUE Telephone 7572 Plaza Devices For Stamping As there is no such thing as heraldry in America, the use of a coat of arms is as much a foreign custom as the speaking of a foreign tongue; but in certain communities where old families have used their crests continuously since the days when they brought their device—and their right to it—from Europe, the use of it is suitable and proper.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

But are we, therefore, to say there is no such thing as friendship, or that it is not worth seeking?
— from The Ladies' Vase; Or, Polite Manual for Young Ladies by American lady

The combination of religious societies within the Commonwealth is not subject to any limitations.
— from And the Kaiser abdicates: The German Revolution November 1918-August 1919 by S. Miles (Stephen Miles) Bouton

[325] The most important of these general principles was that of the equality of nations, "because, without recognizing that principle, there is no such thing as public right, and without public international
— from A Short History of English Liberalism by W. Lyon (Walter Lyon) Blease

the head don’t ache now that made that there article.” The great importance attached to this memento of ancient revelry by modern churchwardens, at first puzzled me; but there is nothing sharpens the apprehension so much as antiquarian research; for I immediately perceived that this could be no other than the identical “parcel-gilt goblet,” on which Falstaff made his loving but faithless vow to Dame Quickly, and which would, of course, be treasured up with care among the regalia of her domains, as a testimony of that solemn contract.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

He is not so tender as Zapus .
— from Wild Life Near Home by Dallas Lore Sharp

There is no such thing as calculating its value to our city.”
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 07 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

Pressing her tightly to her heart, Mrs. Laurance turned to Mr. Palma, and said sternly: "Is there indeed no such thing as honour left among men?
— from Infelice by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

I tell you he’s a scoundrel, and I never say that about a man unless I know it to be true.
— from Patty's Social Season by Carolyn Wells

'That is, in plain English, there is no such thing as vice.'
— from The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft