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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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From the principle ex nihilo nihil fit he concluded that nothing could pass from non-existence to existence.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IJOHN LORD
Over the door were words of good omen, Nihil intret mal, for example, or a charm against fire.
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE ROMANSHAROLD WHETSTONE JOHNSTON
But I have no ambition; at least, if any, it would be 'aut Cæsar aut nihil.'
MY RECOLLECTIONS OF LORD BYRONTERESA GUICCIOLI
Turner in 1538 says, "ligustrum arbor est non herba ut literatorū vulgus credit; nihil que minus est quam a Prymerose."
THE PLANT-LORE AND GARDEN-CRAFT OF SHAKESPEAREHENRY NICHOLSON ELLACOMBE
Nihil est enim ea pietate misericordiaque crudelius, qu in impios et ultima supplicia meritos confertur.
HISTORY OF THE RISE OF THE HUGUENOTSHENRY BAIRD
Si autem Indi hoc voluerunt et intentio illorum nihil novem literis fuit, causa que mihi potuit.
THE EARLIEST ARITHMETICS IN ENGLISHANONYMOUS
Hence the generally accepted principle, "ex nihilo nihil fit."
A HISTORY OF MEDIAEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHYISAAC HUSIK
Dormierunt somnum suum: et nihil invenerunt omnes viri divitiarum in manibus suis.
THE THOUGHTS OF BLAISE PASCALBLAISE PASCAL
Nihil me pnitet hujus nasi, quoth Pamphagus;——that is—My nose has been the making of me.
THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMANLAURENCE STERNE
The taste that is displayed in them is elegant, and the style, as rapid and flowing as correspondence need be—præterea nihil.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.