Most of these latter are not good enough scholars to understand the chants, even if they can talk a little native, which is just as well, when oratorios of this kind are to be heard every evening among the “rau” roofed huts: “Big-Nose who lives in the white house has got a new suit of clothes.”
— from In the Strange South Seas by Beatrice Grimshaw

Every life has been a battle That has won a noble guerdon— Every soul that furls its pinions In proud Fame's serene dominions, Wearily has borne its burden.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Fanny sat down In a new gown; Emma spilt the milk Over the satin and silk, One, two, three, “Never wear silk at tea, {225} ” (Two, three, one), So said Dimity Dunn; Ever so many slices, Bread and butter, and niceys; One, two, three, White sugar for me!
— from Lilliput Lyrics by W. B. (William Brighty ) Rands

Sometimes persons can know one another a long time and be together a lot and not get engaged,” she teased.
— from Molly Brown of Kentucky by Nell Speed

This he accepted as a matter of course, remarking casually in his letters that the others are not good enough swimmers to take his place.
— from Victorian Worthies: Sixteen Biographies by George Henry Blore

Or you practically confess that you are not good enough salesman to win out with just your goods and your ability to sell yourself for what you claim to be worth.
— from Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins