ſeruitor̃ ꝓ ſapere parlare in portugheſe entro nele naue et diſſenne ſe ben li figlioli deL re de tarenate eranno nemici deL re de tadore niente de meno ſempre ſtauamo aL ſeruitio deL re de ſpagnia mã daſemo vna lr̃a apietro alfonſo de loroſa ꝓ queſto
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

The terms indented and dancetté need to be considered together, because they differ very little, and only in the fact that whilst indented may be drawn with any number of teeth, dancetté is drawn with a limited number, which is usually three complete teeth in the width of the field.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

I know you can do very little alone; for your helps are many, or else your actions would grow wondrous single: your abilities are too infant-like for doing much alone.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Moodie helped Malcolm, as he always did, very largely, and the other covered his plate with a portion of peas and potatoes, when, lo and behold!
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

I had hoped it would be finished on Saturday, but neither Mrs. Hall nor Jenny was able to give help enough for that, and I have as yet done very little, and Mary nothing at all.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

Después de haber bebido algunas botellas de vino, llamaron a la huéspeda para pagarle.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

Running is the only point in respect of which I am afraid some of the Phaeacians might beat me, for I have been brought down very low at sea; my provisions ran short, and therefore I am still weak.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

“I drink very little as a rule,” said Little Chandler modestly.
— from Dubliners by James Joyce

The sudden departure of Franz, after being summoned by M. Noirtier, had so much astonished everyone, that the position of Madame de Villefort, left alone with the notary and the witnesses, became every moment more embarrassing.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Arrived at the bar, which stretches itself across the entrance to the harbor, our first impressions take to themselves the forms of sundry venerable windmills, church spires and towers, representing various orders of architecture; but that which strikes us most is the scarcity of shipping, not more than a dozen vessels lying at the wharves.
— from Natalie Or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds by Ferna Vale

It slowed down very little as he vanished into the night.
— from The Silent Alarm by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

And what did they do?" "Very little as far as I was concerned," replied the lad.
— from The Dispatch-Riders: The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

The suppliant tasted the dried venison, looked at Demo in disbelief.
— from The Tarn of Eternity by Frank Tymon

the a being drawn very long and almost sung in a high key, or ah!
— from The Central Eskimo Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 399-670 by Franz Boas

An independent principality, an infinitesimal member of the German Empire, she played, for several centuries, her part in the discord of Europe; and, at last, in the ripeness of time and at the spiriting of several bald diplomatists, vanished like a morning ghost.
— from Prince Otto, a Romance by Robert Louis Stevenson

In other cases he can often do very little, and is compelled to acquiesce in conduct of which he would never himself be guilty.
— from A Short History of English Liberalism by W. Lyon (Walter Lyon) Blease

Her black tresses, twining around the edges of her large brows, descended very low, and seemed amorously to press the oval of her face.
— from Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 1 by Gustave Flaubert