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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1638
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No-but, adv. [No adv.; Bot adv. B. (Cf. e.m.E. and ME. na, no but, bot (14th c.) only, just, except, unless.)] Not only … not; not only. — 1638 Henderson Serm. 322.
But they cried not to Him [God] and no but they spake to Him (for it is not the extending of the voice that I mean) but they cried not to Him in the earnestness of their heart 1638 Ib. 415.
There are evangelical promises … no but there are promises that are contained in the New Testament
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