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not exceed two months and no

When came the Counter-reformation, the Council of Trent pronounced strongly against non-residence by beneficiaries holding cure of souls; special episcopal licence was required for absence which, save in exceptional cases, could not exceed two months and no privilege could be pleaded.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2 by Henry Charles Lea

not expect too much and not

We've got to be kind, and help one another, and not expect too much, and not think too much.
— from Five Tales by John Galsworthy

not expect to meet a naturalist

Thus men of the same tastes meet everywhere, yet surely I did not expect to meet a naturalist on the Labrador coast.
— from Audubon and His Journals, Volume 1 (of 2) by John James Audubon

new environment they may acquire new

When bacteria are caused to grow in a new environment they may acquire new characteristics.
— from Disease and Its Causes by W. T. (William Thomas) Councilman

no enemy to monarchy and no

We thought at the time, and we still think, though no enemy to monarchy and no blind defender of republicanism, that the French bishops and clergy committed a grave 0616.png
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 14, October 1871-March 1872 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

nerve enough to make and none

No man but him had nerve enough to make, and none to demonstrate it under such unfavorable circumstances.
— from Eight days in New-Orleans in February, 1847 by Albert James Pickett

not expecting too much and never

When you went to tournaments, he argued, you would not mind what you found there, as the conditions could not be worse, and might be better, and you would always be in the happy frame of mind of not expecting too much and never being disappointed.
— from Lawn Tennis for Ladies by Mrs. Lambert Chambers

not expect to make any new

Unable to speak the language, we could not expect to make any new acquaintances ashore, nor did we try,
— from With Porter in the Essex A Story of His Famous Cruise in the Southern Waters During the War of 1812 by James Otis

nothing else to make a noise

"There is nothing else to make a noise down here."
— from Lost in the Cañon The Story of Sam Willett's Adventures on the Great Colorado of the West by A. R. (Alfred Rochefort) Calhoun

nor endeavor to make a new

Therefore, friend Sancho, let not that trouble thee which gives me pleasure, nor endeavor to make a new world, or to throw knight-errantry off its hinges."
— from Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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