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God gives us leave enough to go when He is pleased to reduce us to such a condition that to live is far worse than to die.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne
The two lamps gave us light enough to see well.
— from The Mystery of the Sea by Bram Stoker
When he got up large enough to work, his master learned him a trade.
— from Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
Mr. Narkom, if you will add your torch's gleam to mine it will give us light enough to complete my task.
— from The Riddle of the Purple Emperor by Mary E. Hanshew
"He will give us little enough trouble now," said Kendale, grimly.
— from Mischievous Maid Faynie by Laura Jean Libbey
But they gave us little enough time for wordy courtesies.
— from The Lost Continent by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
When we wanted more territory she conceded to our desires and gave us land enough to carve out four States, and there yet remains enough for four more.
— from Iola Leroy; Or, Shadows Uplifted by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
For all I care the moon can turn green, an' grow a hump like a camel just so she gives us light enough to see by."
— from The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
The two boys had grown up large enough to play around.
— from Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie L. McLaughlin
Straightway the two men turned their ponies' heads toward the west; and as they advanced the patient burros, laden with a miscellaneous assortment of goods until little else than their heads and tails could be seen, followed steadily in the rear.
— from Dick in the Desert by James Otis
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