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  • Presently, there came forth young boys full of grace, and fair of face bearing golden baskets filled with gold which they emptied out and going away, returned with more; nor did they cease to transport the gold and jewels, till ere an hour had sped they said, “Naught is left in the hoard.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that Ala al-Din said to his mother, “Of a truth all the sons of the merchants put me to shame and said, ‘Naught is more honourable for a merchant’s son than travel for gain.’”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Naught, that is, for this great enterprise now in hand.

    Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) Alexander Whyte 1878

  • "Naught," answered Clorinda, her form drawn to its great full height, her lustrous eyes darkening.

    A Lady of Quality 1896

  • Jesus Christ was Rutherford's favourite subject in the pulpit, and thus it was that he was Marion M'Naught's favourite preacher, as she, again, was his favourite hearer in the church and his favourite correspondent in the Letters.

    Samuel Rutherford Whyte, Alexander 1894

  • I have not found Marion M'Naught's name once mentioned outside of Samuel Rutherford's Letters.

    Samuel Rutherford Whyte, Alexander 1894

  • "Naught," answered Clorinda, her form drawn to its great full height, her lustrous eyes darkening.

    A Lady of Quality Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

  • Marion M'Naught's daughter: 'There is a wide and deep difference between

    Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents Alexander Whyte 1878

  • I have not found Marion M'Naught's name once mentioned outside of Samuel

    Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents Alexander Whyte 1878

  • True and genuine godliness -- especially when it is purged of pride, and harsh judgment, and too much talk, and is adorned with humility and meekness, and all the other fruits of holy love -- true and pure godliness in a most obscure man or woman will find its way to a thousand consciences, and will impress and overawe a whole town, as Marion M'Naught's rare godliness impressed and overawed all Kirkcudbright.

    Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents Alexander Whyte 1878

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