i lle amezo di intraſſemo neL porto de Zubu paſſando per molti vilagij vedeuamo molte caze facte ſopra li arbori Apropinquãdone ala cita
— 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
But here, as in many Utilitarian calculations, everything depends on the quantity of the effects produced; which in the case supposed may vary very much, from slight distrust and disfavour to severe condemnation and social exclusion.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick
( Deux Amis, v. c. 7. ) H2 anchor Notable however was that 'magnetic vellum, velin magnetique,' of the Sieurs d'Hozier and Petit-Jean, Parlementeers of Rouen.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
SYN: Numerous, multiplied, multigenous, multifarious, varied, various, multitudinous, sundry, divers.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows
But with respect to quantity it may vary very much.
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer
"If it is sure to make you happy to have me as your wife, and you feel that you do wish to marry me, very, very much—" "I do, dearest, of course!" "I mean, that it is only your wanting me very much, and being hardly able to keep alive without me, whatever my offences, that would make me feel I ought to say I will.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy
"You love me very, very much, Izz?" he suddenly asked.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy
They take mares that have young colts or foals, and lay upon the mares void vessels made there-for; and they be all open above, and hanging low to the earth.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
And once again, when the river had just increased its flow in the rainy season and made a powerful noise, then said Siddhartha: "Isn't it so, oh friend, the river has many voices, very many voices?
— from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
She was beginning to realize what Mrs. Van Vorst meant when she spoke of what the glorious wonders of these mountains would mean to the half-fed, sickly little waifs of humanity from the East Side of New York.
— from The Liberty Girl by Rena I. Halsey
You will see [Pg 291] when I tell you that it matters very, very much.
— from The Arbiter: A Novel by Bell, Florence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe, Lady
Never did the metal voice vibrate more forcibly through the heart of any man than did the last stroke, marking the ninth hour, through the heart of Cornelius.
— from The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
Vidi oculos ante ipse meos me voce vocantem Murranum, quo non superat mihi charior alter, Oppetere ingentem, atque ingenti vulnere victum.
— from Lectures on Poetry Read in the Schools of Natural Philosophy at Oxford by Joseph Trapp
Mrs. Van Valkenburgh, Mrs. Hunt, the Vans’ daughter, Oleta Young, “Brother Van,” Henry Young, Mrs. Young, Vans’ son-in-law, “Young Henry”, J. G. Hunt. 55 William E. Watson as he looked when he left Wisconsin to come to New Mexico in 1878.
— from The Pinos Altos Story by Dorothy Watson
And then I came to find that I did; more and more; very, very much.
— from The Third Window by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Nationality: noun: Estonian(s) adjective: Estonian Ethnic divisions: Estonian 61.5%, Russian 30.3%, Ukrainian 3.17%, Byelorussian 1.8%, Finn 1.1%, other 2.13% (1989) Religions: Lutheran Languages: Estonian (official), Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, other Literacy: age 9-49 can read and write (1989) total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% Labor force: 750,000 (1992) by occupation: industry and construction 42%, agriculture and forestry 20%, other 38% (1990) @Estonia, Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of Estonia conventional short form: Estonia local long form: Eesti Vabariik local short form: Eesti former: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Digraph: EN Type: republic Capital: Tallinn Administrative divisions: 15 counties (maakonnad, singular - maakond) and 6 municipalities*: Harju maakond (Tallinn), Hiiu maakond (Kardla), Ida-Viru maakond (Johvi), Jarva maakond (Paide), Jogeva maakond (Jogeva), Kohtla-Jarve*, Laane maakond (Haapsalu), Laane-Viru maakond (Rakvere), Narva*, Parnu*, Parnu maakond (Parnu), Polva maakond (Polva), Rapla maakond (Rapla), Saare maakond (Kuessaare), Sillamae*, Tallinn*, Tartu*, Tartu maakond (Tartu), Valga maakond (Valga), Viljandi maakond (Viljandi), Voru maakond (Voru) note: county centers are in parentheses Independence: 6 September 1991 (from Soviet Union) National holiday: Independence Day, 24 February (1918) Constitution: adopted
— from The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
I suggested that she didn't know what love was, and she admitted it was possible: she liked me very, very much.
— from A Far Country — Volume 2 by Winston Churchill
The president of the senate and the speaker of the house (Moses) extended the privileges of the floors of those chambers to Major Van Voast, myself, and our wives, and, partly to acquaint ourselves with governmental affairs and partly through curiosity, we often attended, the Major and I dressed in uniform.
— from My Story by Anson Mills
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