She was so eminently chaste that she could neither read the sonnets of Petrarch, nor lean on the arm of a gentleman.
To make haste, was neither to fulfil the intentions nor to serve the interests of the King, and it was desirable "to avoid emotion and scandal.
And I was right, for Jersiais you're none, neither by adoption nor grace, but a citizen of the sea.
It shall be the pride of sovereign and of people; and so neither 'height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God.
Then," answered Elizabeth sourly, "she is too high, for I myself am neither too high nor too low.
Ye have fought like men of old," she said, "and neither had advantage at the last.
Though I think that to be one and always one, neither mated nor mothering, be good for a private woman, for a prince it is not meet.
But what he spoke of afterwards with preposterous ease and pride was neither pride nor ease at the moment; for the Queen's eyes fell on him as he shoved past the gentlemen who kept the door.
His feelings ran neither high nor broad, but neitherdid they run low and muddy.
It is neitherage nor evil that teaches one to judge 'twixt black and white.
He owes me gratitude, I owe him money, and neither of us pays the other.
Davy has shown by experiments that neither of these theories can be supported by facts.
He neither possessed apparatus, nor the money to procure it.
The Voltaic process was continued during twenty-four hours, and at the end of that period it was found that neither the water in the positive nor in the negative vessels altered the tint of litmus in the slightest degree.
I have neither seen nor heard from Lord Darnley, and I conjecture he has not yet returned from Scotland.
Its shades are disturbed neither by domestic malice nor foreign levy; they resound not with the cries of faction or of public animosity.
It also became necessary to alter the nomenclature, since to call a body which neither contains oxygen nor muriatic acid, by a term which denotes the presence of both, is contrary to those very principles which first suggested it.
Neither had my "nocturnal" father that deep scar, which intersected his whole forehead in a slanting direction, and which I did not notice until I moved closer to him.
Neither purse, nor watch, nor even handkerchief did I find.
I believe neither in thy incense nor in holy water; they don't help worth a farthing.
He had neither a smile nor a greeting for any one--he was just like a stone!
Yes, he was right, then; neither fear, nor joy was in him, nor even surprise.
Thou wilt help neither thyself nor others in that way.
There was neither sultry heat nor rain; the flies did not bite, the dust did not make us itch.
We need neither thee nor thy work, thou art defiling our dwelling--thou dost not know us and dost not understand us.
His daughters with their husbands only arrived in time for the funeral; neither one of them had any children.
She had neither children nor property; but she lived on a lavish scale,--on credit or otherwise.
He became conscious that there was a sharp stone or knot under his head, which hurt, and he tried to move it, but queerly his head would not move, and then he found that neither would his hands.
Of the mad whirl of an eternity of events in the next few minutes neither Si nor Shorty had anything but a delirious remembrance.
Hain't neither of us had our hair cut since we started on the Tullyhomy campaign, and I think I look like the Wild Man from Borneo.
We've neither an iron safe to carry money nor a pedler's wagon to deliver goods.
Neither of the boys allowed themselves a wink of sleep, but sat bolt upright the entire night, watching everyone with steady, stern eyes.
Again they closed, and sparred quick and hard for advantage, but neither succeeded in getting in any thing but light, ineffective blows.
Neither Si nor Shorty were any too punctilious in these matters, but they were careful to keep all the time within easy conversational distance of the regulations and tactics.
Neither could see a woman without thinking how inferior she was in looks, words or acts to those whose images they carried in their hearts, and she was sure to suffer greatly by the comparison.
Their wardings and layings for openings were so perfect that neither could get a blow in.
Neither of us is a-going to die till we've put down this damned rebellion, and got home and married our girls," gasped Shorty with grim effort.
For one thing, neither Dick nor any of his partners came of families of any wealth.
Mr. Luce was shrewd enough to know that, in Fred Ripley, he had a liar to deal with, and that neither repeated warnings nor renewed promises were worth much.
Frederic studied with indefatigable zeal from one yearʼs end to another; neither father nor teacher had ever been obliged to incite him to diligence, for even as a mere boy he had always shown a great desire for knowledge.
Neither could he abandon society, although this would have been better for his delicate health.
But the reviewers appear to have belonged to neither category, for the reception they gave to the nocturnes was to put their heads together and say, “he has stolen it from Field!
Nearly all these songs originated in the cottage, their composers were men who could neither read nor write, and whose names will always remain unknown.
The first concert, for which three days before there was neither box nor stall to be had, did not, on the whole, make the impression I had expected.
Haslinger received me very kindly, although he would print neither the Sonata, nor the second Variations, but he shall repent this.
I thought I wanted neither crutches, helps, nor wheeled chair; and several times forgot that I ailed any thing.
However, neither petulance nor presumption shall make her declare as her sentiments what really are not so, in her unprejudiced hours; and she hopes to have her heart always open to conviction.
Dear madam, why you have often made me unhappy, because of your goodness to me; and because I knew, that I neither could deserve nor return it.
He said nothing, however, about what the lawyer had told him concerning Simon Stubbles' financial difficulties; neither did he say anything about the recovery of the Big Chief mining concern.
They were both sobbing, thoughneither uttered a word.
But he looked in vain, for Nell was not there, neither was she anywhere in the church.
They did not care a snap for him, neither did the Church, for that matter.
Neither was he mistaken, for a girl at once stepped forth from behind a clump of bushes and advanced toward him.
His impulsive nature could brook no further delay, neither did mere formal words of affection fall from his lips.
Neither had I any idea that he is such a tyrant at Rixton, nor how he has treated the clergymen who have been there.
She looked neitherto the right nor to the left, but kept her eyes fixed upon the couple standing by the old tree.
As for the two young ladies, he often saw them, and sometimes, even in the presence of the Earl, exchanged a few words with them, and Lord Mackworth neither forbade it nor seemed to notice it.
Then he took the ball, and knew enough to bow his acknowledgment in a manner neither ill nor awkward.
Neither did the black knight pay any attention to him, but continued putting his questions to Master Robert.
Neither thou nor thy father must look for open favor from the Earl.
It certainly serves no other function, for it is neither beautiful nor decorative.
Why, what a monstrous fellow art thou, thus to[3176] rail on one that is neither known of thee nor knows thee!
The shot of accident nor dart of chance[6378] Could neither graze nor pierce?
No womanneither sir, but indeede 70 One that was a woman.
Neither animal liked it at first, but by coaxing them we managed to reconcile them to each other.
The Indians had been so intent on the attack that they had not perceived our approach, neither had the Mexicans.
It has somewhat the flavour of bread, and answers its purpose, but has neither the appearance nor consistence of our staff of life.
No, no; neither of you lads must go," exclaimed Cousin Silas, eagerly.
The doctor said he could find neither a plant nor a lichen on the island, and only a few insects and spiders, besides the boobies and noddies.
These are more difficult to obtain, when neither master nor pupil understands the other's language.
Peter in a low voice, that betrayedneither fear nor excitement.
With the belt he thrashed Peter until he himself grew tired, but neither word nor cry did he extract, and, again flinging him on the floor, he kicked him severely.
As may well be supposed, neither of those curates was a shining light in the ministry.
Sir," returned Brown, "ye know neither the nature of preaching nor praying if ye call this preaching.
Neither shamed god nor brute with lifted head is in the mood for friendship.
Never before had anything that was neither human nor connected in any way with humanity's efforts and wishes made such a terrific impression upon her.
So absurd, when Paul Alstruther could callneither his soul nor his purse his own.
There was neither alacrity nor reluctance in Meyer Isaacson's voice, but if there had been, Armine would probably not have noticed it.
And you can see that low place this side of it, where the ruffians could neither walk nor swim.
In places the river was wide enough to allow the use of a boat with a sail, and the colonel had had some skill in managing one; but neither Noah nor his boys could handle such a craft, and it was never used.
Neither Noah Lyon nor Levi Bedford ever said anything about politics or the struggle between the contending parties for the mastery of the State; but the silence of the people indicated that they understood the situation.
Neither of the boys knew anything about artillery tactics, or of the process of loading a field-piece, and Levi proceeded to instruct them.
In that case neither you nor the colonel would pay anything towards the support of the children for ten years, for the law would divide the property equally between us," replied Noah.
Her father was a well-to-do farmer; and neither he nor her brothers would permit her to be abused by any one, not even by her husband.
And, as she bent over to touch the bell, Theodora rose from her footstool to make way for her--rose with a little sigh, as if she had just been awakened from a dream which was neither happy nor sad.
It was a somewhat rough battle-ground; the cobbles of the Square would make a hard fall; but neither of the combatants had chosen the spot, nor did it occur to them to seek a more convenient place for their encounter.
By this time the French captain had realized that the commander of the cutter was neither stupid nor rash, but a dare-devil of an Englishman.
Neither doth it avail them anything to use quibbles and evasions, and weak conjectures, since they are often unanswerably confuted even by some of their brethren, who are more dexterous than they in expounding of Scriptures.
I know the reason well, said I to myself: "Which proceeds neither from the magnificent throne Of his British Majesty, Nor from the Ambassadors that are gathered together here To appease the upstirred hearts Of all the princes in Europe.
Now that was exactly how the eighteenth century writers worked: neither Voltaire, Montesquieu nor Diderot cared about composing a book, as a skilful architect builds a house, to stand alone, imposing and complete.
The latter was not yet the diligence, it was a heavy cumbersome vehicle "neither decent nor comfortable," through the canvas cover of which the rain would pour.
Such news the Secretary of State thought would neitherstir rebellion nor cause diplomatic complications.
Neither did he care to dwell upon the fact that the views he had been summarising were all taken straight from a book which he had just read.
Neither Miss Tomalin nor Miss Bride had been seen by anyone.
At ten next morning, Constance was summoned to the upstairs room where Lady Ogram sometimes sat when neither so unwell as to stay in bed nor quite well enough to come down.
During the ascent to Sunrise Terrace, neither spoke a word.
One moment's glimpse of a dread possibility that neither she nor May Tomalin benefited by Lady Ogram's will had sufficed to make him more than contented with the actual issue of his late complications.
The dark possibility that neither one nor the other would come to his relief, he resolutely kept out of mind; that would be sheer ruin, and a certain buoyancy of heart assured him that he had no such catastrophe to fear.
The daughter dug potatoes and gathered beans as they were wanted, but she had neither time nor strength to do more.
It guarded neither treasure nor dire secret; the hidden contents were merely certain essays in the art of sculpture, sundry shapes in clay and in marble, the work of Sir Quentin himself when a very young man.
Lady Ogram sat with her eyes fixed upon the work of art, and for a minute or two neither moved nor spoke.
I'm very much afraid that neither you nor I will live to see it completed.
To see God was not a little thing, I imagine, but the vision, probably, brought with it neither purple nor fine linen.
In the course of the night we sighted two more English ships of the auxiliary cruiser type, but neither of them took the slightest notice of us.
I wish to state emphatically, in contradiction, that there was neitherwind nor sea at the time.
We were then thoroughly searched, and the English had the bitter disappointment of finding neither arms nor secret papers on us.
Neither our friends nor our comrades were to know anything of what we had in hand, for a careless word might be picked up by a spy, and might jeopardise the success of our undertaking, to say nothing of costing us our lives.
For it was neither broad enough nor long enough for two big men like us to stretch ourselves in it.
Neither I nor any of my men found it possible to believe that the English really took us for a harmless trader, as afterwards proved to be the case.
Neither question could be answered with certainty.
The situation even after a quarter of an hour became so damnable that neither W.
At its western end there rises out of the water a single rock, neither higher nor wider than an ordinary two-story house.
Thus, for an appreciable time, we steam quietly along, side by side, neither making any overtures to the other.
But neither rock, nor surf, nor birds were to be seen.
Without it the community neither feels that it is sufficiently revenged on the criminal, nor thinks that the example of his punishment is adequate to deter others from imitating him.
But these were neither numerous nor effective, while there was no process of extraction or of obtaining an up-draught.
The Corporation of London, moved thereto by a letter from the Lord Chief Justice, and not unnaturally alarmed themselves at the ravages of a pestilence which spared neither Lord Mayor nor aldermen, set about inquiring into its origin.
Neither would admit the ministrations of the Ordinary, to whom they "behaved rudely," and they were attended at the place of execution by priests of their own stamp in a lay habit.
The murderer of her whom he preferred, far preferred to life, respects the hand from which he has just received such an offer as he neither desires nor deserves.
Then they tied her with a rope to the door of a room so that she could neither sit nor lie down, and she was so kept for three successive days, but suffered to go to bed at night time.
To be short, this was the conclusion: the coney put down L10, every penny whereof was to be paid to the man in the moon, for I dare take it upon my death neither of these coneys did offend any such man in manner these knaves had charged them.
Finding that Rollitt neitherhurt nor heeded him, he abandoned his fears, and, instead of running away, stood and stared at his man, as if by keeping his eye hard on him he could discover his mystery.
The boys took the captain's advice with a vengeance, and held the ball among their feet doggedly, neither letting it through on their side, nor forcing it out on the side of the enemy.
It scarcely damped his joy to perceive that neither Clapperton, Dangle, nor Brinkman shared in the general congratulations, but looked more black and threatening than ever as he passed.
Fellows apparently did not take in that the song was at an end, for they neither cheered nor smiled.
I can't well tell how it is, that as Panniers don't become an Ox, so neither does Learning become a Woman.
That Wealth, Honour, and Descent, neither make a Man happier or better.
I can't indeed warrant you what the Event shall be, but this I promise you, that neither Fidelity nor Industry shall be wanting in me.
I understand a certain eternal Mind, which neither had Beginning nor shall have any End, than which nothing can be either greater, wiser, or better.
Well, and do you look upon him to be a Man that neither has Wisdom, nor desires to have it?
And more than this, which you'll hardly believe; I have seen a Man who would neither eat Bread, nor drink Wine.
Why, you'll persuade me I have neither Ears nor Eyes by and by.
But as a Cowl does not make a Monk, so neither does a Garment a French Man.
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