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No eye ever did So
No eye ever did: / So soon it for ever / From all eyes is hid. /
— 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.

not eat European dishes so
The amphitryon himself did not eat European dishes, so he contented himself with drinking a glass of wine with his guests from time to time, promising to dine with those who were not seated at the first table.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

Nobody else even dared stroke
Nobody else even dared stroke him.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

no early evidence Dr Stubbs
This prolongs Alric's life beyond probability, and as his reign rests on no early evidence, Dr. Stubbs is inclined to set it aside altogether.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

nostre estime et de ses
vertu et par sa mérite, nous avons voulu donner un tesmoignage public digne de nostre estime et de ses grandes actions, en ordonnant qu'il fust rendu à sa mémoire tous les honneurs qui peuvent marquer à la postérité l'extrême satisfaction qui nous reste, et le souvenir que nous voulons conserver de tout ce qu'il a faict pour la gloire de nos armes et pour le soutien de nostre Estat; et comme nous ne pouvons en donner des marques plus publiques et plus certaines qu'en prenant soin de sa sépulture, nous avons voulu y pourvoir en telle sorte que le lieu où elle séroit, fust un tesmoignage de la grandeur de ses services et de nostre reconnoissance; c'est pourquoy, ayant résolu de faire bastir dans l'église de Saint-Denys une chapelle pour la sépulture des rois et des princes de la branche royale de Bourbon, nous voulons que, lorsqu'elle sera achevée, le corps de nostredit cousin y soit transféré, pour y estre mis en lieu honorable, suivant l'ordre que nous en donnerons; et cependant nous avons permis à nos cousins le cardinal et le duc de Bouillon, ses neveux, de mettre son corps en dépost dans la chapelle de Saint-Eustache de ladite église de Saint-Denys, et d'y eslever un monument à la mémoire de leur oncle, suivant les desseins qui en ont esté arrestez; c'est de quoy nous avons bien voulu vous donner avis, et vous dire en mesme temps que nous voulons que vous exécutiez ce qui est en cela de nostre volonté, en faisant mettre ledit corps dans la cave de ladite chapelle et en
— from The Churches of Paris, from Clovis to Charles X by Sophia Beale

nearly every experiment discloses something
The study of the properties of the high frequency currents obtained from these machines is very interesting, as nearly every experiment discloses something new.
— from The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin

no eye ever did So
Behold it aforetime no eye ever did; So soon it forever from all eyes is hid.
— from Poems You Ought to Know by Elia Wilkinson Peattie

National Engineering Education Delivery System
Contending that information reuse constituted another significant issue, LYNCH commended to the audience's attention Project NEEDS (i.e., National Engineering Education Delivery System).
— from Workshop on Electronic Texts: Proceedings, 9-10 June 1992 by Library of Congress

nihil enim ex divina Scriptura
Sed quamquam controversia hæc ad fidei dogmata directe non pertineat ( nihil enim ex divina Scriptura, aut Patrum traditione in illa definitum ostendi potest ), nihilominus diligenter tractanda, et explicanda est.
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes

not exceeding eight days shall
3. Seconds and so-called umpires may pass without punishment, or according to circumstances, may be imprisoned not exceeding eight days: shall the duel, however, have been effectuated under unusually dangerous circumstances, they shall be punished with greater severity, even to the consilium abeundi .
— from The Student-Life of Germany by William Howitt


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