Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873) was an extremely versatile writer, who tried almost every kind of novel known to the nineteenth century.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Kin or no kin, evil to him who has nothing.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

For we ought not to have our wits about us only when the mischief is done, but we ought to try and prevent the flatterer doing any harm to us: for otherwise we shall be in the same plight as people who test deadly poisons by first tasting them, and kill or nearly kill themselves in the experiment.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

l, knowing or not knowing, in that order which Thyself knowest (and that order is just), didst of my heart and tongue make burning coals, by which to set on fire the hopeful mind, thus languishing, and so cure it.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

So when King Arthur was come they blew unto the field; and then there began a great party, and so King Carados jousted with the King of the Hundred Knights, and there King Carados had a fall: then was there hurling and rushing, and right so came in knights of King Arthur's, and they bare aback the King of Northgalis' knights.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

But Agnes was too superior to me in character and purpose, as I know well now, whatever I might know or not know then, to be long in need of my entreaties.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

The king is either a king or no king; if he be acknowledged as sovereign of France, he should be upheld in peace and tranquillity; and this can best be effected by employing the most inflexible agents to put down every attempt at conspiracy—’tis the best and surest means of preventing mischief.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

"You've got a bond for it, I reckon," he said; "and you've had your five per cent, kin or no kin."
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

(8) A nail and a kind of nut, known as buah kĕras , 200 to be put into the anchak together with the brasier.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

On ditto , that the peanut krop ov North Karolina iz a failure, and that starvashun must foller.
— from The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Josh Billings

Your dog is a philosopher who judges by the rule of knowing or not knowing; and philosophy, whether in man or beast, is the parent of gentleness.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

We determined to start at sunset, Kitat or no Kitat, and with one long-lingering look over the vast plain we had crossed, at sunset we did start.
— from The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg, Through the Deserts and Steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, &c. by Alexander Michie

The radical appears to be snag , knag , or nag ( Knoge , Cordylus, cf. Knuckle ), a protuberance, knot, lump; being a term chiefly applied to knots in trees, rough pieces of wood, &c., and in its derivatives strongly expressive of (so to speak) misshapen lumpiness .
— from Notes and Queries, Number 180, April 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

: na kyn , of no kind, B; nakin , B; na kyn thing , in no degree, B, S2; na kyn wiss , no way, B; nan more , no more, S; na more , S, S2; na mare , S2; na mo , P; nammo , S2; no mo , C; na þing , nothing, not at all, S; no þing , S2; no whar , nowhere, S; no war , S; no hwer , S; nour , S2; nou hwider , no whither, S; no hwider , S; no wider wardes , in no direction, S; nones kunnes , of no kind, S; nones weis , in no way, S; nanes weis , S.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

For the king----' 'King or no king!'
— from Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley John Weyman

Kin or no kin, I guess we can afford to pay him what we were giving Hubbard."
— from Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

“I know of no king—” Johann reached over and caught the innkeeper's wrist.
— from The Puppet Crown by Harold MacGrath

"Na, Annie, I willna be here three years mair, kiss or no kiss.
— from Honest Wullie; and Effie Patterson's Story by Lydia L. Rouse

"Kill or not kill, hairy as hairy, or bald as a round-shot, God made us every one.
— from The Three Mulla-mulgars by Walter De la Mare