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• Except wills of our own. (8)
• Except Sundays and holidays. (8)
• Except Felsman, and the mountains. (8)
• These, except the baths, they took. (8)
• Not so very much, except to her pride. (10)
• None smoked except officers and Englishmen. (10)
• Except for us two she has no one in the world. (8)
• Except in this we will say: personal ambition. (10)
• It is ready furnished except two rooms and a Closet. (4)
• You are nothing to me, except as one of your family. (8)
• No news from Milan, except of great confusion there. (10)
• At Davos he had few consolations except the society of Mr. J. (2)
• Except that her eyes seemed darker, Mrs. Noel had not changed. (8)
• I never tried to see her, except with the hope of seeing you too. (9)
• I am convinced he is matchless in any other country, except Ireland. (10)
• But when did a woman ever mean business, except in the one great business? (9)
• I could tell them everything except the name of the street where I lived. (10)
• They have in them, perhaps, every element composing light, except the Comic. (10)
• I always think the master might have been a Scotchman, except for his fishionomy. (8)
• But except for these writers, our literature has hardly taken to New York society. (9)
• I heard no reproaches except on account of my not sending them word of my illness. (10)
• He would not attempt to meet Arnold, except under the pretense of an exchange of flags. (18)
• All these wines, except the sparkling, had their date of birth in the precedent century. (10)
• They are not ill-humoured, and they are not peevishly arrogant, except upon provocation. (10)
• Besides the cattle, we saw no living things except a few birds and a great many fishermen. (2)
• When I was of his age I never looked at the newspapers, except to read the divorce cases. (10)
• But he had an insatiable appetite, and except in relation to Mr. Cougham, considerable tolerance. (10)
• Wherein do they disturb Judith or Wolfgang, except in a few empty notions and fancied advantages? (12)
• Except to lunch now and then at the Hotch-Potch with his father, he had never been in a London Club. (8)
• The letters printed by Mr. Norton[48] are not drawn upon, except now and then for a needful phrase. (14)
• On the way to the hotel they met no one busy or serene except a Chinee who was polishing a dish-cover. (8)
• He admired her; and, being a man who savoured life, he was unable to love much except where he admired. (8)
• He smiled sarcastically, saying he had never had a letter from her, except the formal one of invitation. (10)
• I got some hard knocks and sharp stings, But felt them no more than angel, or devil, except in the wind. (10)
• The man was fully clothed, but nothing was visible of the woman except her black stockings in the straw. (12)
• Nothing more could be desired except, perhaps, unlimited time in which to enjoy such pleasant recreation. (20)
• It happens to be a thing I could do, and not an Englishman in England except myself; only I did not do it. (10)
• From that time he scarcely ever left their house, except to accompany them into society, or to the theatres. (6)
• The squire had authority for his broad farce, except in so far as he mixed up my father in the swinery of it. (10)
• There were no personal contacts except visits of state, which Stephen and his brothers occasionally paid them. (12)
• This day was after the pattern of the day preceding, except that he did not visit the Park; the night likewise. (22)
• She is a red-hot Secessionist, as they all are, except Coulter himself, but she is a good wife and high-bred lady. (1)
• She had everything in the world that he could give her, except the one thing that she could not have because of him! (8)
• I never heard him speak of his son except that once, but no doubt in his deep heart his loss was irreparably present. (9)
• The news gave comfort, except for the suspicion, that the dear mother was being worn by her entertaining so largely. (10)
• She did not realise this vividly, but with the remoteness which all verities except those of sensation have for youth. (9)
• Except for an unconscious grinding of his teeth, he made no sound or movement, so that they went by without seeing him. (8)
• She had never heard of his having had any relations, except a father and mother, both of whom had been dead many years. (4)
• Gravel which is used as an aggregate should be free from clay or loam, except such as naturally adheres to the particles. (17)
• I did not know Longfellow before that fatal time, and I shall not say that his presence bore record of it except in my fancy. (9)
• Our professional and leisured classes still think themselves a cut above our business classes, except of course the very rich. (8)
• Summer and winter he sat there among his books, seldom stirring abroad by day except for a walk, and by night yet more rarely. (9)
• Thus the morning dragged itself away without any one being able to settle to anything, except Herr Paul, who was settled in bed. (8)
• And there were no real things in the world except stench and misery and avarice and greed and treachery and malevolence and lust. (12)
• Berries were few, except the pink spindle one, so far the most beautiful, of which there were more than Earth generally vouchsafes. (8)
• To put it coarsely, brutally, I do not suppose that any other business receives so much gratuitous advertising, except the theatre. (9)
• Believe me, I do not join in decrying it, except on her account: I could have forewarned her of an English Winter and early Spring. (10)
• The fatigue was wholesome, and I was so bad a shot that no other creature suffered loss from my gain except one hapless wild pigeon. (9)
• Interior doors of veneered woods usually have flat panels, ⁵/₁₆ inch thick, except the one-panel door, which is as thick as ⁷/₁₆ inch. (17)
• It drew me to the book, nearly driving me desperate; I was now credulous of anything, except that the princess cared for help from me. (10)
• A proud puppet-showman blowing into Pandaean pipes is an inconceivable object, except to those who judge of characteristics from posture. (10)
• He felt aggrieved that she should know all about him and he nothing about her except that she loved him and his father, and was beautiful. (8)
• In the second place his programme, which he was not in the habit of changing except for catastrophes, demanded his departure for England. (12)
• I kept my eyes to myself, and know nothing of the woman except that she had beautiful arms, and seemed no whit embarrassed by my appearance. (2)
• Nothing of it remains to me except the fortune that favored me that Sunday night with a view of the old Granary Burying-ground on Tremont Street. (9)
• Mrs. Gardiner and Elizabeth talked of all that had occurred during their visit, as they returned, except what had particularly interested them both. (4)
• Clinton could see no means of ending the war except by military subjugation; Carlisle was entirely for conciliation and Barclugh was bent on subornation. (18)

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