But it was very difficult for him
not to say more, to tell her nothing but that.
Anna Karenina
I replied; and even if they are not, but only appear to be so to the person who is asked, ought he
not to say what he thinks, whether you and I forbid him or not?
Republic
It is not the least among the strange things bred by the intense artificialness of sea-usages, that while in the open air of the deck some officers will, upon provocation, bear themselves boldly and defyingly enough towards their commander; yet, ten to one, let those very officers the next moment go down to their customary dinner in that same commander's cabin, and straightway their inoffensive, not to say deprecatory and humble air towards him, as he sits at the head of the table; this is marvellous, sometimes most comical.
But for all this, the great negro was wonderfully abstemious, not to say dainty.
Moby Dick I LXVII
"By all that's good," exclaimed Sancho at this, "I'll just as soon give myself three stabs with a dagger as three, not to say three thousand, lashes.
"But I'll take you, Don Clown stuffed with garlic," said Don Quixote, "and tie you to a tree as naked as when your mother brought you forth, and give you, not to say three thousand three hundred, but six thousand six hundred lashes, and so well laid on that they won't be got rid of if you try three thousand three hundred times; don't answer me a word or I'll tear your soul out."
Don Quixote
Faults in the abstract are each and all so uninviting,
not to say alarming, but, associated with certain eyes and hair and tender little gowns, it is curious how they lose their terrors; and, as with vice in the poet's image, we end by embracing what we began by dreading.
Quest of the Golden Girl
But Zarathustra came
not to say unto all those liars and fools: "What do YE know of virtue!
Thus Spake Zarathustra
As the earlier form of the letter is supposed to have been suggested by these pillars, so, it is thought by the great antiquary, its later was adopted as a simple and natural --
not to say touching -- means of keeping the calamity ever in the national memory.
The Devils Dictionary
Don't you know it's a terrible wicked thing
not to say your prayers every night?
Anne Of Green Gables
The casting of the Columbiad is an extremely delicate,
not to say a dangerous operation, and I should prefer its being done privately.
From The Earth To The Moon
(Tick up to three) Friendship 70%; Receiving a hug 44%; Being in a romantic relationship 27%; Sex 10%; Nothing is important to me 9%; Other 8%; Kissing 5%; Prefer
not to say 1% | |Do you feel you have enough sex?
Swinging Sexties; Most over-65s aren't getting enough, welcome to the
"The worst thing anyone can do with myself is
not to say that I am a bad manager,
Trash talk from Mourinho
"I can't say anything because I was far (away) and the second thing is I can't say anything about the referee because I have had problems in the past with this referee when he was fourth offi-cial so I prefer
not to say anything about him," he said.
Karanka is tight-lipped over referee's Dimi call; FOOTBALL
To say that we will not successfully defend against all attacks is certainly
not to say that we are not trying to stop all attacks, we are.
'US due for deadly terrorist attack by homegrown terrorists'