"By no means" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Independence. By the Lecompton trick they would show that in conflict with their dogmas the public will was vicious, and in conflict with their intrigues the majority powerless. They had the President, the Cabinet, the Senate, the House, the Supreme Court, and, by no means least in the immediate problem, John Calhoun with his technical investiture of far-reaching authority. The country had recovered from the shock of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and rewarded them with Buchanan. ...
— Abraham Lincoln, A History, Volume 2 • John George Nicolay and John Hay
... Teutons are making ready for that economico-political duel which will, they hope, give them the decisive superiority for which they had vainly hoped from the war. That hope, if their experience of the past thirty years be a fair indication, is by no means groundless. ...
— England and Germany • Emile Joseph Dillon
... juggling with a simple melodic idea so masterfully that the hearer forgets he is hearing a three-part composition on a keyboard. Chopin was a magician. The first of the Mazurkas in C-sharp minor bears the early Op. 6, No. 2. By no means representative, it is nevertheless interesting and characteristic. That brief introduction with its pedal bass sounds the rhythmic life of the piece. I like it; I like the dance proper; I like the major—you see the peasant girls on the green footing away—and the ending is full ...
— Old Fogy - His Musical Opinions and Grotesques • James Huneker
... me, by no means to descend for the present; since in any event we were sure of remaining unmolested therein; the Islanders regarding ...
— Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2) • Herman Melville
... interested listener to this conversation in the person of Eben, who had been in the store all day, taking Herbert's place. As we know, the position by no means suited the young man. He had been employed in a store in Boston, and to come back to a small country grocery might certainly be considered a descent. Besides, the small compensation allowed him ...
— Do and Dare - A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune • Horatio Alger, Jr.
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