many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few; Briarean; a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one; some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty &c.; half a dozen, half a hundred &c.; very many, full many, ever so many; numerous; numerose[obs3]; profuse, in profusion; manifold, multiplied, multitudinous, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded; galore.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

The only objection which occurred to me was, that the terms “contemptible vagabond” might have been better written “ odious and contemptible, wretch, villain and vagabond .”
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

[Clark, October 26, 1804] 26th of October 1804 wind from the S. E we Set the Ricara Chief on Shore with Some Mandans, many on each Side veiwing of us, we took in 2 Chiefs (Coal and Big Man) and halted a feiw minits at their Camps, on the L. S. fortified in their way, here we Saw a trader from the Ossinniboin River Called McCracken, this man arrived 9 day ago with goods to trade for horses & Roabs one other man with him—we Camped on the L. Side a Short distanc below the r st rnandan village on the L. S. many men women & Children flocked down to See us—Capt Lewis walked to the Village with the Chief and interpeters, my Rheumitism increasing prevented me from going also, and we had Deturmined that both would not leave the boat at the Same time untill we Knew the Desposition of the Nativs, Some Chieef visited me & I Smoked with them—they appeared delighted with the Steel Mill which we were obliged to use, also with my black Servent, Capt Lewis returned late H2 anchor [Clark, October 26, 1804] 26th of October Friday 1804 Set out early wind from the S W proceeded on Saw numbers of the Mandins on Shore, we Set the Ricare Chief on Shore, and we proceeded on to the Camp of two of their Grand Chiefs where we delayed a fiew minits, with the Chiefs and proceeded on takeing two of their Chiefs on board & Some of the heavy articles of his house hole, Such as earthen pots & Corn, proceeded on, at this Camp Saw a McCracken Englishmon from the N. W Company this mana Came nine Days ago to trade for horses & Buffalo robes,—one other man Came with him.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

He replied audibly enough, in a fashion which made my companion vociferate, more clamorously than before, that a wide distinction might be drawn between saints like himself and sinners like his master.
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

CHAPTER VI MONARCHY
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Tension certainly contributed very much to the outbreak of war in 1914.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

Pacem hominibus habe, bellum cum vitiis —Maintain peace with men, war with their vices.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

To run all kinds of hazards, to jeopardize one's self, to rush into the jaws of death—these are too often identified with Valor, and in the profession of arms such rashness of conduct—what Shakespeare calls, "valor misbegot"—is unjustly applauded; but not so in the Precepts of Knighthood.
— from Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe

They considered the Virgin Mary a cousin of their house, and had a painting, in which she is represented, as saying to Monsieur Levi’s ancestor, who takes off his hat in her presence—“ Couvrez vous, mon cousin :” to which he replies—“ Non pas, ma très sainte cousine, je scai trop bien le respect que je vous dois .”
— from Dealings with the Dead, Volume 2 (of 2) by Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius) Sargent

My nerves are certainly very much shattered, and I require rest.”
— from The Happy Prince, and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde

They kept on savouring him, and talking about him, and buying him, and they generally behaved with such eager zeal, and they were so authoritative and sure of themselves, that at last the majority grew accustomed to the sound of his name and placidly agreed to the proposition that he was a genius; the majority really did not care very much either way.
— from Literary Taste: How to Form It With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library of English Literature by Arnold Bennett

For albeit that there were then greater number of mesuages and mansions almost in euerie place; yet were their frames so slight and slender, that one meane dwelling house in our time is able to counteruaile verie manie of them, if you consider the present charge with the plentie of timber that we bestow vpon them.
— from Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete by William Harrison

“I care very much.
— from Peggy Owen and Liberty by Lucy Foster Madison

' H2 anchor Chapter V MORE OF THE FLOWER-GIRL.
— from The Last Days of Pompeii by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

But then I have to be very good and try to please Jesus, and mind what He says; and so I know He wants me to have love-charity for Mabel, and try to not care very much if she does things I don't like.
— from Belle Powers' Locket by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews

It was the receipt of a foreign letter, of which the following is an exact copy:— 'VENICE: March 28.
— from Wylder's Hand by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

It would be false in me to pretend that I care very much about my election to the Institute, but the sympathy of some few of my friends has gratified me deeply.
— from More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Letters by Charles Darwin

115] CHAPTER V MR SACHS TALKS
— from The Regent by Arnold Bennett