And this is a point on which we in the East have to acknowledge our guilt and own that our sin has been as great, if not greater, when we insulted humanity by treating with utter disdain and cruelty men who belonged to a particular creed, colour or caste.
— from Nationalism by Rabindranath Tagore

Nothing is more common than to see a woman living in a house of only two rooms, and the ground for a floor, dressed in spangled satin shoes, silk gown, high comb, and gilt, if not gold, ear-rings and necklace.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

In subsequent perils, nearly as great, if not greater, I bore up with fortitude against all the evils of my situation, and Peters, it will be seen, evinced a stoical philosophy nearly as incredible as his present childlike supineness and imbecility—the mental condition made the difference.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

well-a-day, lack-a-day Ioed, n. time past; ever Iolad, n. a worshipping Iolaeth, n. adoration, worship Iolaethu, v. to adore Iolawr, n. an adorer Iolch, n. an act of devotion Ioli, v. to praise; to worship Ion, n. a first cause; the Lord Ionawr, n. January Ior, n. the eternal; the Lord Iorn, n. a burst, a thrust Iornad, n. a bursting through Iorni, v. to burst through Iorthawl, a. incessant; diligent Iorthi, v. to be continual Iorthyn, n. assiduity Ir, n. that is pure; that is fresh; a. juicy; green; raw Iraâd, n. a growing juicy Irad, n. pungency, rage: a. pungent; grievous; rueful Iradedd, n. grievousness Iradrwydd, n. grievousness Iradu, v. to render afflicting Iradus, a. rueful, afflicting Irai, n. a sharp point; a goad Iraid, n. grease Iraidd, a. juicy; sappy; fresh Irain, a. full of juice; luxuriant Irâu, v. to grow juicy Irdanc, n. stupor, amazement Irdangawl, a. stupifying, amazing, causing a stupor Irdangiad, n. a stupifying Irdawd, n. succulency; freshness, or rawness Irdra, n. juiciness, freshness Ireidiad, n. an anointing, or greasing Ireidlyd, a. of a grea
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Of whom he told me this story: That once the Duke of Albemarle in his drink taking notice as of a wonder that Nan Hide should ever come to be Duchesse of York, “Nay,” says Troutbecke, “ne’er wonder at that; for if you will give me another bottle of wine, I will tell you as great, if not greater, a miracle.”
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

A grin is not generally supposed to be a respectful thing; yet Anne suddenly felt that if she had not yet won Anthony’s liking she had, somehow or other, won his respect.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Yet all the while this apparently tangible, was indeed an imaginary Deity;—and had they shown the substance of him to any true economist, or even true mineralogist, they would have been told, long years ago,—"Alas, gentlemen, this that you are gaining is not gold,—not a particle of it.
— from Unto This Last, and Other Essays on Political Economy by John Ruskin

And Gerald is not going away on the night train."
— from Hildegarde's Harvest by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

When I was a girl I never got a sup o' tea from year's end to year's end.
— from Irish Plays and Playwrights by Cornelius Weygandt

And though some would fain deny the reality of this capacity, still, inasmuch as its existence is a matter of fact, adequately confirmed by experience, as great, if not greater error may be committed in the opposite direction.
— from The philosophy of life, and philosophy of language, in a course of lectures by Friedrich von Schlegel

Many a youth at his age has dreamed of attempting as great if not greater impossibilities.
— from The World of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

While not despising nor making light of that heroism which shows an unflinching front on the battlefield, or in the face of any danger, and while recognising also and glorying in that other heroism of which the world hears less, but which is nevertheless very rich and far-reaching in results—I mean that brave heart which does not sink under adverse circumstances, which makes the best of everything, which can do, dare, and suffer for others, without notice or applause—there is yet another phase of heroism of which the world knows not at all, but which in my estimation is as great, if not greater, than any of these.
— from Courtship and Marriage, and the Gentle Art of Home-Making by Annie S. Swan

American efficiency is just as great, if not greater.
— from Soldier Silhouettes on Our Front by William L. (William Le Roy) Stidger

In Mexico the gap between the educated classes and the peons is fully as great, if not greater, than the gap between the extremes of Filipino society, and yet Mexico is maintaining a stable government, and no party in the United States advocates our making a colony of Mexico on the theory that she cannot govern herself.
— from The Old World and Its Ways Describing a Tour Around the World and Journeys Through Europe by William Jennings Bryan

The deceased novelist was an accomplished performer on the 'cello, and those who knew him describe him even as a master of that instrument, and capable of having achieved as great, if not greater, distinction as a musician than as a novelist.
— from The Call of the Town: A Tale of Literary Life by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

Into those calm army reports association could read many indications: the telling fact that the German losses in being pressed off the Ridge were as great if not greater than the British, their sufferings worse under a heavier deluge of shell fire, the increased skill of the offensive and the failure of German counter-attacks after each advance.
— from My Second Year of the War by Frederick Palmer