The credite of the Realme, by defending the same with our Wodden Walles, as Themistocles called the Ship of Athens.—Preface to the English translation of Linschoten (London).
But me no buts.
Fielding: Rape upon Rape, act ii. sc. 2. Aaron Hill: Snake in the Grass, sc. 1.
Cause me no causes.
Massinger: A New Way to Pay Old Debts, act i. sc. 3.
Clerk me no clerks.
Scott: Ivanhoe, chap. xx.
Diamond me no diamonds! prize me no prizes!
Tennyson: Idylls of the King. Elaine.