Nothing short of flying will keep pace with me, to-day.'
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boys Progress
Our grand master is still to be named; for like royal kings of old times, we find the headwaters of our fraternity in
nothing short of the great gods themselves.
Moby Dick LXVIII CXXXIV
He was ambitious enough to be contented with
nothing short of the highest rank of overseers, and persevering enough to reach the height of his ambition.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave
The Tharks were having their hands full in the center of the room, and I began to realize that
nothing short of a miracle could save Dejah Thoris and myself, when I saw Tars Tarkas surging through the crowd of pygmies that swarmed about him.
Princess of Mars
Nothing short of the fair and honourable will satisfy the delicacy of their minds; and if any of their actions fall short of this mark, they mope and pine, are as uneasy and restless as a murderer, who is afraid of a ghost, or of the hangman.
The History of Tom Jones a Foundling
He knew there was a vast world outside, to whom Disruption Principles were as the chatter of tree-top apes; the paper brought him chill whiffs from it; he had met Englishmen who had asked lightly if he did not belong to the Church of Scotland, and then had failed to be much interested by his elucidation of that nice point; it was an evil, wild, rebellious world, lying sunk in DOZENEDNESS, for
nothing short of a Scots word will paint this Scotsman's feelings.
Tales and Fantasies
The parley continued; the Arickaras released one horse and then another, in earnest of their proposition; finding, however, that
nothing short of the relinquishment of all their spoils would purchase the lives of the captives, they abandoned them to their fate, moving off with many parting words and lamentable howlings.
Adventures of Captain Bonneville USA in the Rocky Mountains and
And our State must once more enlarge; and this time the will be
nothing short of a whole army, which will have to go out and fight with the invaders for all that we have, as well as for the things and persons whom we were describing above.
Republic
It's
nothing short of wonderful how she's improved these three years, but especially in looks.
Anne Of Green Gables
Tyler's assistant secretary, who had been left at home, assured me that there was no doubt but that the Toreador had sailed as promised, since he knew his employer well enough to be positive that
nothing short of an act of God would prevent his doing what he had planned to do.
The People That Time Forgot
In this way a small gang of lurkers will hurry off the cavalry of a large war party, for when once a drove of horses are seized with panic, they become frantic, and
nothing short of broken necks can stop them.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountain
Kantos Kan was confident now that the man's ambitions were fully aroused and that
nothing short of the title of Jeddak of Helium would satisfy him.
The Gods of Mars
Of course, being left so much as I was to my own whim in such things, I could not keep a just mean; I had an aversion for the Latin derivatives which was
nothing short of a craze.
My Literary Passions
The knights were temporarily down, but if I would keep them so I must just simply paralyze them --
nothing short of that would answer.
Connecticut Yankee
The notion was
nothing short of this, why should I not write the tales myself?
Margaret Ogilvy