Lud. Hum —— some Sort of Fops it may: But I'm none of those —— I never give my Opinion of a Dish till I've tasted; neither do I care to dine often on one Sort of Meat without changing the Sauce —— But when that Cloud's withdrawn, how long I shall keep my Resolution I know not.
— from The Perjur'd Husband; or, The Adventures of Venice. A Tragedy by Susanna Centlivre
And I really believe there is not one that is not glad and thankful for being and doing!
— from Little Foxes: Stories for Boys and Girls by E. A. Henry
Of those in the earlier series there is not one that is not good, idiomatic English as it stands, whichever form is used; we may even say that there is not one that would not be made less idiomatic by a change to the alternative form.
— from A Librarian's Open Shelf: Essays on Various Subjects by Arthur E. (Arthur Elmore) Bostwick
Rufus said it was a fit, 'n' he got a hair-oil bottle as gives you a nickel nose of your own for nothin', 'n' he put the nose on the ipecac 'n' got the whole down the cat so far that she come nigh to swallowin' the nose.
— from Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs by Anne Warner
The songs are ended, the deeds are done, There's none shall gladden me now, not one, There is nothing good for me under the sun, But to perish as these things perish'd.
— from In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula by Clifford, Hugh Charles, Sir
The songs are ended, the deeds are done, There shall none of them gladden me now, not one; There is nothing good for me under the sun, But to perish as these things perish'd.
— from Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon by Adam Lindsay Gordon
However, I satisfied myself with seeing the exhibition at Philadelphia, which consisted strictly of American goods, and was not of the international nature general to such exhibitions.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 by Various
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