Reason, however, can prove neither the one nor the other of these fundamental propositions, because we can have a priori no determinant principle of the possibility of things according to mere empirical laws of nature.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

From this period until 1798 magnetism excited little or no attention in England.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

And shall we, rather than have a recourse to so natural a solution, allow of a miraculous violation of the most established laws of nature?
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

But thou must eat little or no goat’s flesh, nor red deer——nor even foal’s flesh by any means; and carefully abstain——that is, as much as thou canst, from peacocks, cranes, coots, didappers, and water-hens—— As for thy drink—I need not tell thee, it must be the infusion of V ERVAIN and the herb H ANEA , of which Ælian relates such effects—but if thy stomach palls with it—discontinue it from time to time, taking cucumbers, melons, purslane, water-lillies, woodbine, and lettice, in the stead of them.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

But thou must eat little or no goat's flesh, nor red deer—nor even foal's flesh by any means; and carefully abstain—that is, as much as thou canst, from peacocks, cranes, coots, didappers, and water-hens— As for thy drink—I need not tell thee, it must be the infusion of Vervain and the herb Hanea, of which Aelian relates such effects—but if thy stomach palls with it—discontinue it from time to time, taking cucumbers, melons, purslane, water-lillies, woodbine, and lettice, in the stead of them.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

An inaccurate time study means either little or no reward if the inaccuracy results in increasing the difficulty of the job; while if it makes the job easy, then excessive rewards are earned.
— from A Rational Wages System Some Notes on the Method of Paying the Worker a Reward for Efficiency in Addition to Wages by Henry Atkinson

This feeling assumed tangible form when, on the seventh of March, Edward Livingston, of New York, offered a resolution calling upon the president for copies of all papers relating to the treaty.
— from Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Benson John Lossing

But thou must eat little or no goat’s flesh, nor red deer—nor even foal’s flesh by any means; and carefully abstain—that is, as much as thou canst,—from peacocks, cranes, coots, didappers and water-hens.
— from The Physiology of Marriage, Complete by Honoré de Balzac

no more; langi ana , not existing, lost; langi ta , or, if not; ma langi , ma e langi , or not, in questions; lalangi ana , nothing.
— from Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by W. G. (Walter George) Ivens

You admitted, on the last occasion that I discussed the matter with you, that Miss Decie might expect little or nothing from you at your death.
— from The Childerbridge Mystery by Guy Boothby

The Church has always respected this right as one of the most elementary laws of nature.
— from Catholic Problems in Western Canada by George Thomas Daly

But thou must eat little or no goat's flesh, nor red deer—nor even foal's flesh by any means; and carefully abstain—that is, as much as thou canst,—from peacocks, cranes, coots, didappers and water-hens.
— from The Physiology of Marriage, Part 1 by Honoré de Balzac

The modern editors read, For beauty, wit, high birth, desert in service, &c. I do not deny but the changes produce a more easy lapse of numbers, but they do not exhibit the work of Shakespeare, (see 1765, VII, 435, 2) III.iii.178 (85,3)
— from Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Samuel Johnson

It was at the cost, however, of the lives of a great number of human beings; but that was not my employers’ look out, nor did they allow the matter to trouble their consciences.
— from The Two Supercargoes; Or, Adventures in Savage Africa by William Henry Giles Kingston