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I hope, people only know the measures already accomplished by thee and those that have been partially accomplished and are awaiting completion, but not those that are only in contemplation and uncommenced?

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

There are—thank heaven!—many such stories still untold; there are, one would be inclined to hope, many such still uncommenced.

From From One Generation to Another by Merriman, Henry Seton

Fosset, the maid, found her there at a quarter past ten o'clock—the ceremony was to take place at eleven—and gave a cry of horror at seeing the toilet uncommenced.

From The Lovels of Arden by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

The will directed “that so long as the house remained uncommenced the money should be invested and allowed to accumulate at compound interest.”

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles