Unless

Examples

• The first half-hour was lost, for Fanny and Lady Bertram were together, and unless she had Fanny to herself she could hope for nothing. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Winifred did not notice human beings unless they were like herself, playful and slightly mocking. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• At last I had to say to General Thomas that I should be obliged to remove him unless he acted promptly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I'm a poor black feckless sheep--childer may clem for aught I can do, unless, parson, yo'd help me? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He won't do it unless he is very much worried, and only threatens it sometimes, when he gets tired of studying. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• My existence will be simply unendurable to me, unless I do something towards clearing my character at once. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It was the sum she had set aside to pacify her dress-maker--unless she should decide to use it as a sop to the jeweller. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He has occasion for no machines or instruments of trade, unless his shop or warehouse be considered as such. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I hate to dwell long on any subject, unless indeed it were the merits of these my most interesting and valuable memoirs! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I wish you could know Mr. Clayton; he is the dearest fellow imaginable, and unless I am mistaken he has fallen very much in love with me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I won't open my mouth unless you tell me to. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Certainly, I answered-- unless I relieve you of all necessity for trying the experiment in the interval. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• In my youth young men didn't desert pretty women unless they were made to! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• It is a mere toss up whether I shall ever do more than keep myself decently, unless I choose to sell myself as a mere pen and a mouthpiece. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• If it ends in your setting the house on fire, Damme if I send for the engines, unless you ring the bell and order them first! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• There's stabling in this place for a dozen horses; and unless Nickits is belied, he kept the full number. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Unless you are inviting death for us all you had best drop, and that quickly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I daresay there's truth in yon Latin book on your shelves; but it's gibberish and not truth to me, unless I know the meaning o' the words. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Unless he has left a will (which is not at all likely) I shall take out letters of administration. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You know how I detest it, unless I am particularly acquainted with my partner. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Not unless you particklerly wish it,' replied Sam; 'but I mustn't leave this here room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Suspense was the devil, and he could not think why Leinster bothered at all about going to Spain unless he really had some such intention. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In their country we must deal with them unless it is something that can be done alone. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Nay, Madam, said Adrian, unless my sister consent never to see him again, it is surely an useless torment to separate them for a month. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Believing, however, in the practicability of capturing Richmond unless it was reinforced, I made that the objective point of his operations. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Never shall you have a bonfire again unless you keep it up now. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• You say poor labourers cannot afford to buy bread at a high price, unless they had higher wages. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It might as well be something about Mars or about some fanciful country unless it fructifies in the individual's own life. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I have not seen animals that moved faster, unless I might say it of the antelopes of our own great plains. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Unless she could break out, she must die most fearfully, walled up in horror. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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