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of no very

A gentle sigh stole from Sophia at these words, which perhaps contributed to form a dream of no very pleasant kind; but, as she never revealed this dream to any one, so the reader cannot expect to see it related here.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

of no violence

Now the overthrow of the places of strength, and the death of the high priest Ananias, so puffed up Manahem, that he became barbarously cruel; and as he thought he had no antagonist to dispute the management of affairs with him, he was no better than an insupportable tyrant; but Eleazar and his party, when words had passed between them, how it was not proper when they revolted from the Romans, out of the desire of liberty, to betray that liberty to any of their own people, and to bear a lord, who, though he should be guilty of no violence, was yet meaner than themselves; as also, that in case they were obliged to set some one over their public affairs, it was fitter they should give that privilege to any one rather than to him; they made an assault upon him in the temple; for he went up thither to worship in a pompous manner, and adorned with royal garments, and had his followers with him in their armor.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

our Nature very

One would take more than ordinary Care to guard ones self against this particular Imperfection, because it is that which our Nature very strongly inclines us to; for if we examine ourselves throughly, we shall find that we are the most changeable Beings in the Universe.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

of Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch

Hasn’t she received some news of Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch, something unexpected?”
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

of new views

The Doctor says there are such boys springing up amongst us—boys of a sort unknown in the last generation—the outcome of new views of life.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

of Nicholas V

Note 110 ( return ) [ See the Life of Nicholas V. by two contemporary authors, Janottus Manettus, (tom. iii.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

One Night Vigil

Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night Vigil strange I kept on the field one night; When you my son and my comrade dropt at my side that day, One look I but gave which your dear eyes return'd with a look I shall never forget, One touch of your hand to mine
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

of nature very

He was very fond of reading the papers, very fond of making fancy-sketches with a pencil, very fond of nature, very fond of art.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

or Norse vikings

So having got thus far, the advice of the gray-haired warrior seemed as good as any, for it was easy to me to get into West Wales, and then take service with the under-king until such time as Danish or Norse vikings put in thither, as they would at times for provender, or to buy copper and tin from the miners.
— from A Thane of Wessex Being a Story of the Great Viking Raids into Somerset by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler

of no value

Matters of a vitrifiable kind, as we have observed, do not produce so great a [202] variety of concretions as those of the calcinable class; and these concretions, produced by flints, are almost all hard and precious stones; whereas those of the calcareous are only soft matters of no value.
— from Buffon's Natural History, Volume 02 (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Mineral, &c. &c by Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de

of no value

A free search, or desk search , as it is dubbed by those who don’t make them, is of no value whatever for it is the snap-shot opinion, or rather a notion, of a patent attorney who is drumming up business by un-business like methods.
— from Inventing for Boys by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins

of noble volunteers

A party of noble volunteers clustered about Sir John-Lord Burgh, Sir Thomas Cecil, Sir Philip Sidney, and his brother Robert among the rest—most impatient for the signal.
— from History of the United Netherlands, 1586c by John Lothrop Motley

of Nicholson v

It was held by the Court of Common Pleas, in the case of Nicholson v. Gt.
— from Railway Rates: English and Foreign by James Grierson

of need very

In the same way the inhabitants of the South African Republic were in the time of need very thankful for our aid, but after a while, when the recollection of their difficulties had grown faint, when their debts had been paid and their enemies defeated, they began to think that they would like to get rid of us again, and start fresh on their own account with a clean sheet.
— from The Last Boer War by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

observations no value

Have approximate observations no value in addition to theories?
— from Historical materialism and the economics of Karl Marx by Benedetto Croce

of no value

The two cartridges used for absorbing the carbonic acid gas are of no value after having been in use for two hours.
— from Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 by Herbert M. (Herbert Michael) Wilson

order needs very

A saw in good working order needs very little jointing, but it should have attention every time the saw is set and it should be done after setting and before filing.
— from Farm Mechanics: Machinery and Its Use to Save Hand Labor on the Farm. by Herbert A. Shearer

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