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Lexicographical Neighbors of All But
Literary usage of All but
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1839)
"Poor Noah! he was all but killed, ma'am, when I came in." " Ah, poor fellow !"
said Mrs. Sower- berry, looking piteously on the charity- boy. ..."
2. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1922)
"(all but T, No, and OI 34. Hope. Lucinda. (all but Bkln, Po ... (all but Bo, O,
Q, and Do. I 36. Cutting. Some of us are married. (all but F, Q, Do, and WB. ..."
3. Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton (1750)
"... all but a rib Crooked by nature, bent, as now appears, 885 More to the part
finifter, from me drawn, Well if thrown out, ..."
4. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"And in the struggle diverse were their thoughts ; Scarce could the Achaians
promise to their minds Escape at all. but fear'd ..."
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