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"The love of Carthoris of Helium," she said simply, "could be naught but an honour to any woman; but you must not speak, my friend, of bestowing upon me that which I may not reciprocate."
Thurman, though, landed a stiff right to put a stop to Pacquiao's offense but his next attempts were all for naught.
An example: 'Long years this Shahnameh I toiled to complete, That the King might award me some recompense meet, But naught save a heart wrung with grief and despair, Did I get from those promises empty as air!
This involved reading Naught for Your Comfort, my first encounter with Archbishop Trevor Huddleston.
Hawthorne, NJ, February 22, 2012 --(PR.com)-- “The Virgin Journals” by Travis Laurence Naught is a compelling new book of poetry and prose that shares opinions, thoughts, and ideas of the Cheney, Washington poet with a release date of March 6, 2012.
sorrow from his country's ample forms of naught: husk of grain,
Nought is a variant of naught, as in "it was all for naught." This has apparently caught on to some degree in the UK, Ireland and Australia.
Without the herbicide treatment, the resilient trees resprout rapidly, and all the saw work is for naught.
The attention paid to this unconventional threesome is all for naught, though.
Though his work fell into relative obscurity immediately after his death, it was revitalized in the Second World War when Winston Churchill quoted lines from "Say not the struggle naught availeth" during his efforts to attain American cooperation, including "Westward, look, the land is bright." Tracing Clough's life from his childhood to his schooling to his years in London, his marriage, and his final days, Arthur Hugh Clough: A Poet's Life examines the influence of Clough's life experiences upon his poetry at each stage, the important role that women played in his life and particularly in influencing his love poetry, the transitions of his character and personality, and much more.
When it came to designing stores that truly catered to the needs of busy consumers, most of the chains did "naught," as in nothing, out of the ordinary.
Ballard was built with the understanding it'd be temporary, but a pretty strong movement emerged as its demise loomed, and it looked like they had caught some ears, but in the end it was all for naught. The park was dozed late last spring, and Seattle is promising a replacement.
But, of course, it all came to naught. Hillary Clinton's plan failed.