单词 | not for-thy |
释义 | > as lemmasnot for-thy 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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