"bletch" hidden in books

but little effort to cut her

Age and sufferings had already marked out the first incisions for Death, so that he required but little effort to cut her down; for it is with men as with trees, they are notched long before felling, that their life-sap may exude.
— from The Campaner Thal, and Other Writings by Jean Paul

bow low enough to crack himself

For fifty centimes he'll bow low enough to crack himself.
— from Behind the Beyond, and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge by Stephen Leacock

boats large enough to carry half

But this conclusion is not warranted by the simple fact that metals were not employed in its construction; for the Nubians at this day build boats large enough to carry half a dozen persons across the Nile, out of small pieces of acacia wood pinned together entirely with wooden bolts.
— from Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh

by lunatics especially to certain holy

Even in the sixteenth century we read of pilgrimage by lunatics, especially to certain holy wells. chapter Formerly, all needy people were admitted into the hospital, mental invalids being herded together with those weak or diseased in body.
— from The Mediæval Hospitals of England by Rotha Mary Clay

be lucky enough to contact him

But, if you should be lucky enough to contact him ... rather, spot him ...
— from Dave Dawson at Singapore by Robert Sidney Bowen

be lucky enough to catch him

Horne Fisher answered, in a lower voice: “Yes; and I hope to be lucky enough to catch him before dinner.
— from The Man Who Knew Too Much by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

But likely enough the Committee had

But, likely enough, the Committee had had some noble thought in mind when they gave to the dead such reckless honor.
— from Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales by Arthur Shearly Cripps

be large enough to cause high

3 ), but they should not be large enough to cause high velocity.
— from River and Canal Engineering, the characteristics of open flowing streams, and the principles and methods to be followed in dealing with them. by E. S. (Edward Skelton) Bellasis

barely long enough to cause his

The money which Squeaking Henry won by reason of the marked cards did him very little good, remaining in his possession barely long enough to cause his vest pocket to sag a trifle.
— from Old Man Curry: Race Track Stories by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

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