Usage examples for Nill
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“
Your
mind
is
to
marry
me
will
ye
nill
ye,
as
the
people
say."
”
– The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope
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“
Much
of
the
ground
is
now
occupied
as
gardens,
and
much
of
it
is
sown
with
nill
or
different
kinds
of
grain,
so
that,
one
could
hardly
suppose
he
were
in
the
middle
of
what
was
so
lately
a
great
and
populous
city.
”
– A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII. by Robert Kerr
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“
But
soon
another
was
chosen
to
be
victimized
at
the
piano,
and "
will-
ye-
nill
ye,"
sing
she
must.
”
– The Lights and Shadows of Real Life by T.S. Arthur Edition: 10 Language: English
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“
The
name
is
also
a
very
uncommon
one
at
present,
the
above
Knell,
Nelly,
and
Nill
being
all
taken
from
Suffolk
Surnames,
though
Knell
at
all
events
was
an
English
name.
”
– Surnames as a Science by Robert Ferguson
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“
Will
he,
nill
he,
the
boy
told
the
story
as
it
had
been
told
to
him,
Barclay
standing
looking
straight
into
his
eyes,
as
though
reading
his
very
soul,
yet
never
saying
a
word
beyond
the
original,
You
heard
what
Jimmy
said.
”
– A Trooper Galahad by Charles King
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“
The
1st
of
November
I
was
sent
to
Biana
to
buy
nill
or
indigo.
”
– A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII. by Robert Kerr
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“
So
the
knight
of
Ireland
armed
him
at
all
points,
and
dressed
his
shield
on
his
shoulder,
and
mounted
upon
horseback,
and
took
his
spear
in
his
hand,
and
rode
after
a
great
pace,
as
much
as
his
horse
might
go;
and
within
a
little
space
on
a
mountain
he
had
a
sight
of
Balin,
and
with
a
loud
voice
he
cried,
Abide,
knight,
for
ye
shall
abide
whether
ye
will
or
nill
and
the
shield
that
is
to-
fore
you
shall
not
help.
”
– Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II) King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table by Thomas Malory
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“
Mr.
Dunborough,
who
was
of
the
party
will-
he,
nill
he,
and
asked
nothing
better
than
to
take
out
in
churlishness
the
pressure
put
upon
him,
stood
firmly
to
it,
he
would
take
no
more
than
one
person
to
the
men.
”
– The Castle Inn by Stanley John Weyman
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“
As
for
his
menacing
and
daunting
threats,
I
nill
regard
him
nor
his
Danish
power;
For
if
he
come
to
fetch
her
foorth
my
Realm
I
will
provide
him
such
a
banquet
here,
That
he
shall
have
small
cause
to
give
me
thanks.
”
– Fair Em A Pleasant Commodie Of Faire Em The Millers Daughter Of Manchester With The Love Of William The Conquerour by William Shakespeare (Apocrypha)
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“
Her
elder
sisters
however
left
her
no
peace,
and
will
she,
nill
she,
they
dragged
her
up
to
the
table,
and
in
fear
and
trembling
she
turned
over
the
page
and
read:
'The
youngest
daughter
of
this
King
will
be
married
to
a
pig
from
the
North.
”
– The Red Fairy Book by Various
-
“
His
lordship
has
made
it
a
practice
to
look
in
at
his
victim-
for
that
is
the
way
he
thinks
of
him,
will
he
nill
he!
”
– When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
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“
"
whatever
may
betide"
or "
will
I,
nill
I"?
”
– Tales from the Arabic Volume 3 by John Payne
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“
The
other
provinces,
added
Lambert,
would
be
obliged,
will
ye
nill
ye,
to
receive
the
law
from
Holland
and
Zeeland.
”
– Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete by John Lothrop Motley
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“
"
But
that
marrying
will
ye
nill
ye,
will
not
suit
me.
”
– The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope
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“
He
was
not
accustomed
to
keeping
a
body
servant,
and,
as
his
aim
was
to
make
a
fortune,
will
ye
nill
ye,
he
managed,
even
now,
in
his
hours
of
pride
and
self-
indulgence,
to
get
along
without
one.
”
– Autobiography of a Pocket-Hankerchief by James Fenimore Cooper
Rhymes for Nill
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abril, bastille, belleville, brazil, demille, distil, distill, fulfill, goodwill, instill, refill, seville, sunil, until, uphill;
