Thesaurus / excepting
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He was the strangest-looking creature Davy had ever seen, not even excepting the Goblin.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLThey were quite different excepting only in the fact that they also had done marvels of fighting and endurance.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONWe modestly reminded her that we always did go, excepting of course on this particular Sunday.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWIn her husband's loyalty (always excepting his feeling towards Miss Ashton) she rested fully assured.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODSome minutes passed in silence, Norman lying still, excepting a nervous trembling that agitated his whole frame.
THE DAISY CHAINCHARLOTTE YONGEExcepting this hill, no other high land was seen at the bottom of the bay.
NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA] [VOLUME 2 OF 2]PHILLIP PARKER KINGThe country here is thickly wooded, but very low, excepting a few ranges of hills that may rise to the height of two hundred feet.
NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA] [VOLUME 2 OF 2]PHILLIP PARKER KINGIts public buildings, churches, and other show-places—excepting the cathedral—lack the charm of antiquity.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYThere is a charm in Defoe's works that one hardly finds, excepting in the Pilgrim's Progress.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAMHe could have borne up manfully if all of it were taken away from him—excepting the hardware store.
SCATTERGOOD BAINESCLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLANDWORDS RELATED TO EXCEPTING
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