"Naught" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Pills": "Great Stoning of Christians! To all devout Jews! you all Must each bring a stone—Great sport will be shown; Enormous Attractions! And prices as usual! Roll up to the Hall!! Wives, children, and all, For naught the most delicate feelings to hurt is meant!" Here his eyes opened wide, for close by his side Was the scapegoat devouring the latest advertisement! One shriek from him burst—"You creature accurst!" And he ran from the spot like one fearing ...
— Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses • A. B. Paterson
... forth to herald the justice of God; but they don't always succeed. I can speak from experience for the pulpit, that the position of authority, the claim of a divine mission, is often turned into the excuse for the airing of a man's individual fads, and is naught but a cloak for pretentious ignorance. [Applause.] And for the Bar, I wonder if I might venture to quote the definition of legal practice which was given me the other night, apropos of this toast, by a distinguished representative of the New York Bar Association, ...
— Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z • Various
... note without suspicion, and went off with it. I'd like to 'a' seen that colonel's face when he opened it and found nothing but a blank paper! Howsever, I haven't seen hair nor hide of my scamp since, so I don't know how it all ended! And I don't know where he is! But naught's never in danger, and I reckon as he is safe and sound ...
— Her Mother's Secret • Emma D. E. N. Southworth
... its yards and its anchor. High in the stern sheets Was seated a terrible figure, clad in a mantle all flaming, Furious demon scouring a blade that with blood spots was covered. Vain was his labor, naught could remove them. All his rich booty Round him was scattered, and on his arm was the ring ...
— Fridthjof's Saga • Esaias Tegner
... Statute-book a law prohibiting a captain from inflicting, on his own authority, more than twelve lashes at one time. If more are to be given, the sentence must be passed by a Court-martial. Yet, for nearly half a century, this law has been frequently, and with almost perfect impunity, set at naught: though of late, through the exertions of Bancroft and others, it has been much better observed than formerly; indeed, at the present day, it is generally respected. Still, while the Neversink was lying in a South American ...
— White Jacket - or, the World on a Man-of-War • Herman Melville
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