"ononis" hidden in books

of number one No indeed said

“Then,” said James, “you don't hold with that saying, 'Everybody look after himself, and take care of number one'?” “No, indeed,” said John, “where should I and Nelly have been if master and mistress and old Norman had only taken care of number one?
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

own no other nation is so

In no country is this unhappy debasement of a most illustrious science more remarkable than in our own; no other nation is so prone to, or so patient of, abuses; in no other land are posts, in themselves honourable, so accessible to the meanest.
— from Shelley at Oxford by Thomas Jefferson Hogg

of noblemen of note in safe

But in Rome matters had come to such a pitch, that the government was not even in a position to keep a couple of noblemen of note in safe custody.
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen

or not observed nor if such

As nothing is essential to the fable but unity of action, and as the unities of time and place arise evidently from false assumptions, and, by circumscribing the extent of the drama, lessen its variety, I cannot think it much to be lamented, that they were not known by him, or not observed: nor, if such another poet could arise, should I very vehemently reproach him, that his first act passed at Venice, and his next in Cyprus.
— from The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Samuel Johnson

occupation none of note illustrious Signore

"Unless in the vulgar way of our daily occupation, none of note, illustrious Signore."
— from The Bravo: A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper

of notation or not is still

Whether they invented this mode of notation or not is still unknown, but its use by them is certain; and the consequence is that they possess, if not the oldest, at least one of the very oldest literatures of the world.
— from A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volume 1, 3rd ed. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Fergusson

of nature over nurture is strongly

In such twins the conditions of training, etc. had been as similar as possible, so that the evidence of the power of nature over nurture is strongly confirmed.
— from Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems Authorised Translation by August Weismann

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