"Victory," said Nelson, "is not a name strong enough for such a scene:" he called it a conquest.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

All the children under five years old sit among the nurses; the rest of the younger sort of both sexes, till they are fit for marriage, either serve those that sit at table, or, if they are not strong enough for that, stand by them in great silence and eat what is given them; nor have they any other formality of dining.
— from Utopia by More, Thomas, Saint

You say truth; "for the things that are seen soon pass away, but the things that are not seen endure forever."
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

FIRST MAXIM.—Far from being too strong, children are not strong enough for all the claims of nature.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"I think it was so splendid in father to go as a chaplain when he was too old to be drafted, and not strong enough for a soldier," said Meg warmly.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

"I think it was so splendid in Father to go as chaplain when he was too old to be drafted, and not strong enough for a soldier," said Meg warmly.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

I accepted it as gospel, and behaved accordingly; yet I thought he looked rather heavy and not sufficiently elated for a young man on the point of marrying such a pretty girl as Angelique.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

You are not steady enough for him."
— from Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

sterling; their domestic slaves, however, are never sold, except for misconduct.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 357, February 21, 1829 by Various

Oh, yes, she lets us go to them at St. Kenelm’s, but they are not swells enough for her.”
— from Modern Broods; Or, Developments Unlooked For by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

"Victory," said Nelson, "is not a name strong enough for such a scene;" he called it a conquest.
— from Fifty-two Stories of the British Navy, from Damme to Trafalgar. by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles

"I am not strong enough for all this," she thought, in the Mont Cenis tunnel.
— from Dangerous Ages by Rose Macaulay

the preacher, and not sufficiently elicited from the congregation the full expression of their feelings in prayer and praise.
— from A Century of Christian Service: Kensington Congregational Church, 1793-1893 by C. Silvester (Charles Silvester) Horne

The mines have all been opened by the discoverers, who are men of limited means, and no systematic exploration for larger ore bodies has ever been made.
— from Old Mines of Southern California Desert-Mountain-Coastal Areas Including the Calico-Salton Sea Colorado River Districts and Southern Counties by Harold W. (Harold Wellman) Fairbanks

"You are not strong enough for this," she answers, wistfully.
— from Faithful Margaret: A Novel by Simpson, J. M., Mrs.

He followed to Albany, and there again lost the scent; for a party of poor emigrants are not so easily followed.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVI, No. 2, February 1850 by Various