As an immoral religion is false, so, if there is no God, a moral law is meaningless.
— from Means and Ends of Education by John Lancaster Spalding
Jealous of every door that one sees shut up, lest it should be plague; and about us two shops in three, if not generally more, shut up.”
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson
Ships in the Imperial Navy generally fly a flag at the main, on which red lines are drawn, or sometimes a tri-colour is hoisted there instead.
— from Peeps Into China; Or, The Missionary's Children by E. C. (Edith Caroline) Phillips
When one has once said a thing, however, about as well as he can say it, there is no good reason that he should be forced into the pretence of saying something different simply to avoid using the same form of words a second time.
— from The Story of the Mind by James Mark Baldwin
Even so say I. There is no good man who shall make us his slaves.
— from Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
Bake it in an oven, scoop out the crumb, and soak it thoroughly in new Goats Milk and six Whites of Eggs; add an ounce of calcined Egg-shells.
— from The Toilet of Flora or, A collection of the most simple and approved methods of preparing baths, essences, pomatums, powders, perfumes, and sweet-scented waters. With receipts for cosmetics of every kind, that can smooth and brighten the skin, give force to beauty, and take off the appearance of old age and decay by Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz
"Yes," said I, "there is no getting her out of the way, so she must die, which is a pity.
— from Confessions of a Thug by Meadows Taylor
The inscription on one side is, “There is no God, but God, and Mohammed is the Prophet, and Alí the friend of God;” on the reverse is the name of the Sháh, with the epithet of Alí’s dog: their small coins or pennies are called Kázikí, they bear only the place of the coinage on one side, and the date of the year on the other: on their measures and weights are also written the words, “There is no God but God,” and who dares to cheat in the name of God is blinded by a heated stone drawn over his eyes.
— from Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. II by Evliya Çelebi
'I wish you would call me Myrtle,' the latter said irritably; 'there is no good in calling up that old name here.'
— from Dorothy's Double. Volume 2 (of 3) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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