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of which never

Experience has taught me that truth is a talisman, the charm of which never fails in its effect, provided it is not wasted upon unworthy people, and I believe that a guilty man, who candidly speaks the truth to his judge, has a better chance of being acquitted, than the innocent man who hesitates and evades true statements.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

of whom Nahor

Of the last of whom [Nahor] Bethuel thy grandfather was the son.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Oh why not

Oh, why not?
— from Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

of wealth not

Most certainly not, and that negative is the greatest hindrance today to the reorganization of work and redistribution of wealth, not only in America, but in the world.
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

otherwise what need

For otherwise what need was there to utter a precept like this, or to write and hand it down to posterity, if he wished to live unknown to his own generation, who did not wish to live unknown to posterity?
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

one would naturally

Now one would naturally suppose it to be the End of that which is most commanding and most inclusive: and to this description, [Greek: politikae ] plainly answers: for this it is that determines which of the sciences should be in the communities, and which kind individuals are to learn, and what degree of proficiency is to be required.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

or was not

or was not this the primal condition of man from which the blessed apostle selects his testimony to show what the animal body is?
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

of whom neither

They were the children of Melchisedec, of whom neither the country nor the family was known, no more than, in all probability, the real name.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

of which nothing

As in Aristotle's matter and form the connexion between them is really inseparable; for if we attempt to separate them they become devoid of content and therefore indistinguishable; there is no difference between the idea of which nothing can be predicated, and the chaos or matter which has no perceptible qualities—between Being in the abstract and Nothing.
— from Timaeus by Plato

one would never

They looked at each other, and blushed and smiled as they saw my gaze fixed on two pre-eminences which one would never expect to see in any man.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

of Wilmington North

During January an expedition ordered by Grant captured Fort Fisher, at the mouth of Cape Fear river, and made itself master of Wilmington, North Carolina.
— from The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume 2 (of 2) A Narrative and Critical History by George Cary Eggleston

of which no

Besides this an especial punishment caused by an accidental circumstance, of which no one had the slightest conception, was reserved for him.
— from Klytia: A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Adolf Hausrath

Old World N

Old World N. Amer.
— from The Breeding Birds of Kansas by Richard F. Johnston

of which not

Without book I recall Oncidium splendidum, of which not a plant remained in Europe, nor a hint of the country where it grew; the “scarlet Phalaenopsis” of native legend, never beheld of white man, which, in fact, proved to be brick-red; Cattleya labiata, the Lost Orchid par excellence , vainly sought from 1818 to 1889.
— from The Woodlands Orchids, Described and Illustrated With Stories of Orchid-Collecting by Frederick Boyle

other Western nation

Ireland imbibed this feeling at once, and thus she received Christianity more thoroughly, at the very beginning, than did any other Western nation.
— from The Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Augustus J. Thébaud

own was necessary

Energy superior even to his own was necessary, to subject and calm this perturbation.
— from Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft

of windows not

I place my dressing-tables against a group of windows, not near them, whenever it is possible.
— from The House in Good Taste by Elsie De Wolfe

over whose number

I will, I think, send you the little magazine tale over which (I mean over whose number of words—infinite and awful)
— from The Letters of Henry James (Vol. I) by Henry James

office was not

His tenure of office was not marked by any feature of special importance.
— from The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volume 3 (of 4) by John Charles Dent

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