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Poems are that whatsoever is not sung
I would say, in strictness, that all right Poems are; that whatsoever is not sung is properly no Poem, but a piece of Prose cramped into jingling
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

place and that which is not shall
But now the judgment-day is the principal time wherein everything shall be set in its proper place; that which is of God in its place, and that which is not, shall now be discovered, and made manifest.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

propose as the weather is now set
I therefore propose, as the weather is now set in fair, and will remain so for months, that we pitch our tents on that part of the island, and remove the whole family there; we shall soon be very comfortable, and at all events much safer there than if we remain here, without any defence," "It is an excellent plan, Ready; we shall, as you say, be removed from danger for the time, and when there, we may consider what we had best do by and by."
— from Masterman Ready by Frederick Marryat

property and that which is not so
Part of the grounds have since become public property, and that which is not so employed is little better than a waste.
— from James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury


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