12. My lord was only anxious as long as his wife's anxious face or behavior seemed to upbraid him.—Thackeray.
13. He shouted in those clear, piercing tones that could be even heard among the roaring of the cannon.—Cooper.
14. His suspicions were not even excited by the ominous face of Gérard.—Motley.
15. During the whole course of his administration, he scarcely befriended a single man of genius.—Macaulay.
16. I never remember to have felt an event more deeply than his death.—Sydney Smith.
17. His last journey to Cannes, whence he was never destined to return.—Mrs. Grote.
USE OF DOUBLE NEGATIVES.
The old usage.
453. In Old and Middle English, two negatives strengthened a negative idea; for example,—
He nevere yet no vileineye ne sayde,
In al his lyf unto no maner wight.
—Chaucer.