At that moment Nicholas noticed the presence of his nephew.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Meanwhile I should be subjected to no discomfort that was not necessary to preclude escape, and, unless I forfeited the privilege by misconduct, I should be occasionally permitted to see my brother who had preceded me to my prison.
— from Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Illustrated) by Edwin Abbott Abbott

| Man's modesty has followed this careful contrivance of Nature's; all right-minded people keep out of sight what Nature has hidden and take pains to respond to nature's demands as privately as possible; and in the case of those parts of the body which only serve nature's needs, neither the parts nor the functions are called by their real names.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Therefore, since it is not necessary to put the brew over the fire, it is possible to make use of the hygienic advantages of a glassware, porcelain or earthenware serving pot.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

A tray with the usual brazier of incense and small bowls of rice variously prepared was then brought in, and all the instruments, though not necessarily the players, being in their places, the ceremony commenced as follows:— Fig.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

13 The Attorney-General is the public prosecutor on behalf of the Crown, where the state is actually and not nominally the prosecutor.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

Eugene suggests 'Day and Martin's.' 'No, not that place,' returns the unmoved Mortimer, 'that's where they make the Port.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Thou dost bind The elements in balanced harmony, So that the hot and cold, the moist and dry, Contend not; nor the pure fire leaping up Escape, or weight of waters whelm the earth.
— from The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

Those whom he vanquishes yield joyfully, not through failure, but through increase in their powers; all these consequences follow so plainly from the mere definitions of love and understanding, that I have no need to prove them in detail.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

These I stowed by themselves, there being no need to put them into the chest, nor any room for them.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

I I know that I do not need to plead with this audience for a recognition of the scientific spirit in the solution of educational problems.
— from Craftsmanship in Teaching by William C. (William Chandler) Bagley

“They’ll never notice the place in the dark.”
— from By Blow and Kiss: The Love Story of a Man with a Bad Name. (Published serially under the title Unstable as Water). by Boyd Cable

'Thou needst not to praise so highly, my mouth ne'er shall say thee nay, 65 A rich man shall be its owner, no lack doth he know alway.'
— from Parzival: A Knightly Epic (vol. 1 of 2) by Wolfram, von Eschenbach, active 12th century

It is not necessary to pursue the subject.
— from Coleridge by S. L. (Samuel Levy) Bensusan

No, no; the philosopher knows nothing about either; [Pg 132] and if he says he does, I entreat you not to believe him.
— from The Shepherd's Calendar. Volume I (of II) by James Hogg

But Dicky did not notice the Pasha.
— from Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 1 by Gilbert Parker

On the strength of two quite unauthenticated and, I believe, not now traceable portraits seen by this or that person in printshops or elsewhere, she is said to have been plain.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

Of the latter grain as many as eight or ten varieties are cultivated, but seldom irrigated, which, owing to the dampness of the climate, is not necessary: the produce is often eighty-fold, but the grain is large, coarse, reddish, and rather gelatinous when boiled.
— from Himalayan Journals — Complete Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc. by Joseph Dalton Hooker