单词 | not but that |
释义 | > as lemmasnot but (that) a. (With unexpressed non-referential it and copula) not but (that): (affirming the statement in the dependent clause) it is not but that, (sometimes also) it is not to say but that. Cf. C. 9a(a). Now chiefly regional. ΚΠ c1300 St. James Great (Laud) l. 316 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 43 Þene traitur..wel sone out huy souȝten And an-henguen him wel heiȝe a-non, and nouȝt bote he wuyrþe were. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Thess. iii. B Not but that we had auctorite, but to geue oure selues for an ensample vnto you to folowe vs. 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie ii. i. 67 Not but that they were most worthy men. 1670 A. Marvell Let. 14 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 317 Not but the other Cabal too have seemingly sometimes their Turn. 1717 A. Pope Disc. Pastoral Poetry in Wks. 8 Not but he [sc. Spenser] may be thought imperfect on some few points. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. i. 4 Not but that we sometimes had those little rubs [etc.]. 1768 I. Bickerstaffe Lionel & Clarissa i. iv. 10 Not but your father has good qualities. 1806 Crit. Rev. 7 477 Not but that imitation has always a bad effort on literature. 1815 Zeluca III. 82 Not but I'd rather set out; for it's quite unfair to sing a foolish thing that nobody likes, when I could do better. 1840 J. G. MacVicar Catholic Spirit True Relig. i. 34 Not but that I should be very happy to think of these pages being perused by any members of that communion. 1932 A. Bell Cherry Tree v. 44 Not but that I missed..the level brown bank of the field harrowed and drilled on the eve of spring. 1968 E. McCabe King of Castle (1978) 54 They'll burn quicker for their bad sermons, not but Peter Hannigan's a decent wee man. not but (that) b. In introductory phrases, as not but (that), not that, †not for-thy, etc.: see the second element. See also but conj. 10a. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) John vi. 59 Not as ȝoure fadris eeten manna and ben deed. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xii. 224 Yet not for thy thei may endure in colde. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxxiv. 22 Not forthi thai takyn with eghen as thai lufid me. 1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe 67 Not that I prosper worse Then earst of yoare, for I the state inherite. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 21 Not that I lou'd Cæsar lesse, but that I lou'd Rome more. View more context for this quotation 1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus iv. 57 Not but you were adorn'd with all the Riches That Empire could bestow. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. i. 4 Not but that we sometimes had those little rubs [etc.]. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 981 Not that he peevishly rejects a mode Because that World adopts it. 1856 F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlstone Edge 52 Not but what I consider discretion to be the better part of valour. 1864 G. Meredith Emilia in Eng. II. v. 79 Not that she conceived him designedly base. 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon vii. 164 Not but what it'll be a kind of busman's holiday for you. 1998 M. Waites Little Triggers (1999) v. 42 It was later than he had expected. Not that he had anywhere to go. < as lemmas |
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