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Nile Expedition was no exception to
But when an opportunity presented itself he always seized it, and the Nile Expedition was no exception to the rule.
— from Sir John French: An Authentic Biography by Cecil Chisholm

no excitement whatever not even the
His face betrayed no excitement whatever; not even the horrible pleasure of gratifying his vengeance, which caused his heart to palpitate with an infernal joy, could change his stoical countenance.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 17, April, 1873 to September, 1873 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

neither English words nor English thoughts
He knew no English, and he desired to know none, neither English words nor English thoughts.
— from Behind the Bungalow by Edward Hamilton Aitken

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