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not unfrequented Garden
Ah, with the Grape my fading life provide, And wash the Body whence the Life has died, And lay me, shrouded in the living Leaf, By some not unfrequented Garden-side.
— from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam

non urbem gens
* Non orbis gentem, non urbem gens habet ullam ——————ulla parem.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

now universal GRIND
Crib , a literal translation, is now universal; GRIND refers to a walk, or “constitutional;” HIVITE is a student of St. Begh’s (St. Bee’s)
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

NetGlos un glossaire
Ecrivain auto-éditant ses oeuvres et utilisant le web pour les faire connaître Brian King * / Directeur du WorldWide Language Institute, qui est à l'origine de NetGlos, un glossaire multilingue de la terminologie de l'internet Geoffrey Kingscott *
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Nahrungs und Genussmittel
Zeitschrift für Untersuchung der Nahrungs- und Genussmittel, 1909, XVI: 241–265.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

not unlike Germany
France is not unlike Germany in feeding people with encomiums, and yet there is a good hope that, by means of your friends, you may make your fortune.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

not understand German
Dawson started to tell the man to put it in English, as he did not understand German.
— from Dave Dawson with the Eighth Air Force by Robert Sidney Bowen

Never until God
Never, until God interferes to disturb his dreams, and break up his slumber, does he profoundly and permanently feel that he was made for another world, and is fast going into it.
— from Sermons to the Natural Man by William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer) Shedd

noticed upon gliding
Example of Group Method If, in the Cervicals, it is noticed upon gliding downward over the spinous processes that the fifth is badly subluxated and must be adjusted, this fact is held in mind for a moment 40 while the palpater remembers that he cannot adjust and must not list the sixth or fourth.
— from Technic and Practice of Chiropractic by Joy Maxwell Loban

No use grievin
No Use Sighin' No use frettin' when the rain comes down, No use grievin' when the gray clouds frown, No use sighin' when the wind blows strong, No use wailin' when the world's all wrong; Only thing that a man can do Is work an' wait till the sky gets blue.
— from When Day is Done by Edgar A. (Edgar Albert) Guest

not utterly give
Even in this extremity he did not utterly give way.
— from The Madman and the Pirate by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

no use gentlemen
He withstood them, refusing at the last to argue, merely lifting his head with a characteristic gesture of determination, smiling wearily, and saying with unshaken purpose: "It's no use, gentlemen.
— from The Brown Study by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond

Naples under Gonzalo
The ship was probably employed as a transport, and inasmuch as some of the arms are of French and Italian make, it is supposed she formed part of the fortunate expedition against Naples under Gonzalo de Cordoba.
— from Life and Adventures of Frances Namon Sorcho The Only Woman Deep Sea Diver in the World by Captain Louis Sorcho Great Deep Sea Diving Co.

not understand Grace
“I think you do not understand Grace as well as I do, Miles.
— from Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper

No use getting
No use getting huffed, you know.”
— from Tom Pinder, Foundling: A Story of the Holmfirth Flood by D. F. E. Sykes


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