The corpse, already greatly decayed and clotted with gore, stood erect before the eyes of the spectators.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

The man was popular; for he had a rough, jovial disposition which formed a mask, covering a great deal which lay behind it.
— from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle

44 This apostolic sanction might justify his arms; but the obedience of a free and victorious people could not be transferred without their consent; and Guiscard dissembled his elevation till the ensuing campaign had been illustrated by the conquest of Consenza and Reggio.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Mother has changed a great deal since that terrible day in September when we knew that Walter would not come back; but she has always been brave and patient.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

The Common Law has changed a good deal since the beginning of our series of reports, and the search after a theory which may now be said to prevail is very much a study of tendencies.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Then," observed Elizabeth, "you must comprehend a great deal in your idea of an accomplished woman."
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

In many cases a good deal of research has failed to discover an instance of their use, and one is almost inclined to believe that they were invented by those mediæval writers of prolific imagination for their treatises, without ever having been borne or emblazoned upon helmet or shield.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

In my early days I once opened an old book and found these words: If you laugh a great deal, you are happy; if you cry a great deal, you are unhappy ;—a very simple remark, no doubt; but just because it is so simple I have never been able to forget it, even though it is in the last degree a truism.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer

And her wedding cost a great deal, he told me one day—and her trousseau—and other expenses at that time.”
— from The Squirrel-Cage by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

"Then I'll cry, and go down on my knees to him, and beg him not to take away my own dear Lootie."
— from The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald

It creaked and groaned dismally under our weight, and ran sharp splinters into us at all points of contact, but yet there was a certain companionship about the old ladder, and we seemed almost to regret that it was not destined to share more in our prospective success.
— from True Tales of Mountain Adventures: For Non-Climbers Young and Old by Le Blond, Aubrey, Mrs.

Quernstones, with cross and geometrical decoration.
— from The Lake Dwellings of Ireland Or ancient lacustrine habitations of Erin, commonly called crannogs. by W. G. (William Gregory) Wood-Martin

In fact, her wealth arises nearly altogether from internal industry, and, by no means from that commerce that is the envy of other nations; for it is clear, that whoever produces a great deal may consume a great deal, without any exchange of commodities, and without commerce.
— from An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged by William Playfair

And then came a great disappointment.
— from A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis

Grace appreciated his courage in persisting, especially in view of the result of her previous thrust; but while she was not exactly sure of her sentiments towards Ingleby, he was, at least, the man who loved her, which counted a good deal in his favour.
— from Delilah of the Snows by Harold Bindloss

There is, of course, a great deal of mutual admiration of each other's work, very genuine, ever pleasant to hear about, expressed in the warmest language,—even in those superlatives which Emerson derided.
— from Home Life of Great Authors by Hattie Tyng Griswold