It breedeth therefore little cause of maruaile, that euery generall infection is here first admitted, & last excluded: yet the many decayed houses, proue the towne to haue bene once very populous; and, in that respect, it may stil retaine the precedence, as supported by a weekly market, the greatest of Cornwall, the quarter Sessions for the East diuision, and halfe yeerely faires.
— from The Survey of Cornwall And an epistle concerning the excellencies of the English tongue by Richard Carew

Insted of puttin' you to the trouble of goin' away from home for a little excitement, you can set rite in the heart of your own country, and enjoy the fun.
— from Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 25, September 17, 1870 by Various

“Oh, you’re all right,” said Fridolin, a little envious, “you with your sting are safe.
— from The Adventures of Maya the Bee by Waldemar Bonsels

[49] Well founded as were Luther’s demands for a Latin education, yet we find in him a notable absence of discrimination between schools and schools.
— from Luther, vol. 6 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

For a little extra, you can have a double-headed dog.
— from Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

If you want to pay a little more, you can get a seat in the galleries around the side, up out of the dust and chips, and for a little extra you can get a cushion for the seat.
— from The Moghul by Thomas Hoover

You ain't got no friends except a few girls with hall bedrooms like yourself, and if a chance comes along for a little excitement, you don't turn it down, I guess.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

Eighteen years of that Afternoon still lay between the dark days of the Indian Mutiny and her own going out to India, for the Evening of her Life,—the fourth and last eighteen years, which were to be the fullest and the busiest of all her busy days.
— from A Lady of England: The Life and Letters of Charlotte Maria Tucker by Agnes Giberne