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Had great pitie on vs, and sayd he would haue nought,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Seek thou in him all else that he can evoke from nought,
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 Various
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There 's nought got by idling, there 's nought got for nought,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Miscellaneous. (continued) Now noisy, noxious numbers notice nought,
Quotations 1919
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For all the world is nought, and less than nought,
Bees in Amber A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse John Oxenham 1896
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For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought,
The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur Emile Joseph Dillon 1894
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And for e'en such work was I fashioned, lest the songcraft come to nought,
The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature Conrad Hjalmar Nordby 1883
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Trusting random counsellors and hare-brained men of nought,
Suppliant Maidens and Other Plays 525 BC-456 BC Aeschylus 1880
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Whenas they poured upon our ears the hurtling din of war, Whilst helpers and protectors failed and succour came there nought,
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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Then he gave unto Fafnir my brother the soul that feareth nought,
Adventures Among Books Andrew Lang 1878
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