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to have uttered nothing but

Now the reader will be pleased to consider, that, as neither of these men were fools, they could not be supposed to have holden none but wrong principles, and to have uttered nothing but absurdities; what injustice, therefore, must I have done to their characters, had I selected only what was bad!
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

they hate upon no better

Faith, there have been many great men that have flatter'd the people, who ne'er loved them; and there be many that they have loved, they know not wherefore; so that, if they love they know not why, they hate upon no better a ground.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

to his usual note but

I had no sooner fired, than from all parts of the wood there arose an innumerable number of fowls, of many sorts, making a confused screaming and crying, and every one according to his usual note, but not one of them of any kind that I knew.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

to have uprooted none but

Sorrow seemed to have laid merely a repressive hand upon her bad qualities, and to have uprooted none but good ones.
— from The Maidens' Lodge; or, None of Self and All of Thee (In the Reign of Queen Anne) by Emily Sarah Holt

treasure he understood nothing better

Observing moreover, that with all his wealth and treasure, he understood nothing better, then to open skeines of yarne, fill shuttles, lay webbes in Loomes, or dispute with his Spinsters, about their businesse.
— from The Decameron (Day 1 to Day 5) Containing an hundred pleasant Novels by Giovanni Boccaccio

that had unfortunately not been

But, as nothing was accomplished by their united wisdom, the king finally held a private consultation with his most intimate gentleman and lady friends on this important matter, that had, unfortunately, not been determined by the charter.
— from Queen Hortense: A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

to her uncle now be

Quite in spirits again, she was sewn by Sophy into her still unfinished dress, her beautiful light golden flax tresses were snooded, her Highland scarf pinned on her shoulder, and she hurried to her uncle, now be-robed and be-wigged, with Gerald in full Highland garb, looking very much disgusted, especially when her uncle said— “Well done, Francie.
— from The Long Vacation by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

to his usual nature but

With a slight sneer, foreign to his usual nature, but he was frightened and was trying to reassure himself, he said— "That is all very well, sir, no doubt; but miracles do not happen."
— from The Angel by Guy Thorne

this happy uniformity nothing broke

Nothing interrupted this happy uniformity; nothing broke in upon the calm and kindly usage of these familiar hours.
— from The Athelings; or, the Three Gifts. Vol. 1/3 by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

to her uncle Nathan Beers

In the fall Miss Hallett went "on a visit" to her uncle, Nathan Beers, in New York.
— from A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career: Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum by Joel Benton

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