General Sherman having asked leave to take the post, and Admiral Porter having decided to go along, McClernand thought best to go with his entire army, although the enemy were supposed to have only about four or five thousand men, and the fort was little more than a large earthwork commanding the river.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Lord Earle crossed the room, and going up to the young man, laid one hand gently upon his shoulder.
— from Dora Thorne by Charlotte M. Brame

In the end the little episode cemented the rapidly growing friendship between the two women, Mrs. Carr-Boldt seeming to enjoy the relief of speaking rather freely of what was the one real trial in her life.
— from Mother: A Story by Kathleen Thompson Norris

It will require a little work; but had you not rather take a little extra care than run the risk of catching or spreading typhoid fever?
— from Principles of Public Health A Simple Text Book on Hygiene, Presenting the Principles Fundamental to the Conservation of Individual and Community Health by Thomas Dyer Tuttle

Mrs Rookwood, proud to have been asked to do so, minded the Burney baby and tried to hide the gladness of her eyes from those who had little enough cause to rejoice.
— from The Claw by Cynthia Stockley

The one in the centre of the little enclosure contains the remains of the Father of His Country, within the little mahogany coffin in which they were originally put.
— from Dorothy's Tour by Evelyn Raymond

(* Between Encaramada and the Rio Manapiare, Don Miguel Sanchez, chief of this little expedition, crossed the Rio Guainaima, which flows into the Cuchivero.
— from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt