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1725 M. Davys Lady's Tale in Wks. II. 161 There is nothing in Life so impertinent as the offer of a Heart, when one does not care to accept on't.

1744 S. Fielding Adventures David Simple I. x. 278 There was nothing in Life he attended to more earnestly than the Behaviour of those Men, whose want of Education shewed more openly, and with less disguise, what their Natures were.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. x. 246 There is nothing in life so intolerable as pretending to think differently from other people.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlix. 534 ‘Hallo!’ responded that gentleman, looking over the side of the chaise with all the coolness in life.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation 5 One who owes to College endowments all that he has and is in life.

1900 Academy 21 July 55/2 Get drunk as often as you can, and stay so long as you can, for there's nothing in life half so profitable.

1931 ‘G. Trevor’ Murder at School i. 12 So far he seemed to have done nothing in life except win the Newdigate.

1961 A. Sillitoe Key to Door (1962) i. ii. 17 He spat forcefully at the fire-bars and his spit didn't sizzle with the alacrity to which he was accustomed, thereby reinforcing his often-said conviction that nothing in life could be relied on.

2006 Heat 18 Mar. 68 We thought there was nothing in life Paris Hilton liked to collect more than small, bug-eyed animals and wallet-stacked shipping heirs.