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passionately You need not ever
This was stranger talk than I could endure, and I broke out passionately: "You need not ever try; I do not want you to, for I shall never love you, and you are also old enough to be my father."
— from The Harvest of Years by Martha Lewis Beckwith Ewell

play you need not enter
If your adversary, after you have won a game, wishes to prove that you have done so in consequence of some fault of his rather than by your own good play, you need not enter into much argument on the subject, whilst he is explaining to the by-standers the mode by which he might have won the game, but did not .
— from Maxims and Hints on Angling, Chess, Shooting, and Other Matters Also, Miseries of Fishing by Richard Penn

pay you nothing not even
“I’ll pay you nothing, not even a rouble, na vódkou, until you take me to your leader,” I answered defiantly, for somehow I had from the first been convinced of the truth of the man’s assertion that Sonia was in that neighbourhood.
— from Whoso Findeth a Wife by William Le Queux

previous years no new export
As opposed to previous years, no new export quotas were set.
— from Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Samuel Vaknin

possible you need not even
“As frequent landing is attended with considerable loss of time and some hazard, you should contrive to land as seldom as possible, you need not even lie by at night, provided you trust to the current, and keep a good look out; if you have a moon, so much the better.
— from Waterways of Westward Expansion - The Ohio River and its Tributaries by Archer Butler Hulbert

point you need not express
If everything is favorable, assure the patient of the fact; if you have doubts and fears upon some point, you need not express all your fear, but do not delay to send for a physician.
— from Mother, Nurse and Infant A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies. by S. P. Sackett


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