UNDER NOTE XII.—WHAT FOR THAT.
"I had no idea but that the story was true."—Brown's Inst., p. 268. "The postboy is not so weary but that he can whistle."—Ib. "He had no intimation but that the men were honest."—Ib. "Neither Lady Haversham nor Miss Mildmay will ever believe but that I have been entirely to blame."—Priestley cor. "I am not satisfied but that the integrity of our friends is more essential to our welfare than their knowledge of the world."—Id. "Indeed, there is in poetry nothing so entertaining or descriptive, but that an ingenious didactic writer may introduce it in some part of his work."—Blair cor. "Brasidas, being bit by a mouse he had catched, let it slip out of his fingers: 'No creature,' says he, 'is so contemptible but that it may provide for its own safety, if it have courage.'"—Ld. Kames cor.