"whenso" hidden in books

who has evidently no sense of

Mrs. Rucastle, however, who has evidently no sense of humour, never so much as smiled, but sat with her hands in her lap, and a sad, anxious look upon her face.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

we had encountered no serious opposition

We fortified almost every camp at night, though we had encountered no serious opposition, except from cavalry, which gave ground easily as we advanced.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

who has evidently no sense of

Mrs. Rucastle, however, who has evidently no sense of humor, never so much as smiled, but sat with her hands in her lap, and a sad, anxious look upon her face.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

which he entered never stood open

The door through which he entered never stood open, Lytton was never asked to cross the sill.
— from Bruce of the Circle A by Harold Titus

whereof he expressed no sense or

He pointed out the spot of his forehead on which, he said, the King of the Fairies struck him with a white rod, whereupon the prisoner, being blindfolded, they pricked the spot with a large pin, whereof he expressed no sense or feeling.
— from Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Walter Scott

which have either no seeds or

Many of the seedlings have produced most excellent fruit, but a seedling has usually the disadvantage of being very full of seeds, and having a lot of rag (the indigestible fibre round the pulp) as compared with the worked varieties, which have either no seeds or very few seeds and little rag.
— from Fruits of Queensland by Albert H. Benson

water he experienced no sensation of

While his feet were immersed in the water, he experienced no sensation of an unpleasant nature.
— from A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter

would have effected nothing short of

At this time in 1854, it would have effected nothing short of a revolution in American territorial policy; and it might have altered the whole history of Kansas.
— from Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics by Allen Johnson

who had expected nothing short of

he cried to the amazed man who had expected nothing short of being summarily killed for taking a white man’s life.
— from The Radio Detectives Under the Sea by A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) Verrill

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