Naturally such momentous changes in a nation were not brought about suddenly.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

O wait now sonny my turn is coming Ill be quite gay and friendly over it
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

The thin lace vail which partially covered her face did not so much conceal as heighten her beauty.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

She would not send Margaret home, you know!"
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

Sir William did not say much.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Justice held her ground, undisturbed and unassailed by the efforts of favour and of interest, that now so much impair, pervert, and beset her.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

His eloquence, however it was applauded by the senate, was formed not so much on the model of Cicero, as on that of the modern declaimers; but in an age very far from being destitute of poetical merit, he contended for the prize with the most celebrated of his contemporaries, and still remained the friend of his rivals; a circumstance which evinces either the goodness of his heart, or the superiority of his genius.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Maybe his will is here even more concerned than his intellect, and there is not so much a want of attention as a lack of tension; still, in some way or another, he is absent, away from his work, taking it easy.
— from Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Henri Bergson

“Now, though I by no means approve of so many foreigners continually flocking into our country,” added he, addressing himself to the Captain, “yet I could not help pitying the poor wretch, because he did not know enough of English to make his defence; however, I found it impossible to assist him; for the mob would not suffer me to interfere.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

The Numedalians came only in limited numbers after 1842 and did not spread much beyond the original center around East Koshkonong church in southeastern Christiana and northern Albion townships.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

And if anything were to happen, I have friends here who could extricate you even if they could not save me.
— from A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861-1865 being a record of the actual experiences of the wife of a Confederate officer by Myrta Lockett Avary

The benefit, therefore, which is derived from literature, will depend, not so much upon the literature itself, as upon the skill with which it is studied, and the judgment with which it is selected.
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 1 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle

Belle-Ann was now some months past sixteen and her unusual physical beauty was noted throughout the mountain community and wondered at by the few strangers who chanced to reach the isolated cabin on Moon mountain.
— from The Red Debt: Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald

“There, now,” said Maimie, caressing her friend, not unpleased with Kate's description of her; “I'm going to be good.
— from The Man from Glengarry: A Tale of the Ottawa by Ralph Connor

At the present time the doctrine embodies, to the Spanish-American mind, not so much the antidote to possible European aggression as the hegemony of the United States in the American hemisphere.
— from Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by C. Reginald (Charles Reginald) Enock

However, (the Divinity) should be considered not so much as "being made" but as "making," and we should realize that the actualization by which He created Himself is absolute; for His actualization does not result in the production of any other "being."
— from Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods by Plotinus

I suppose there is not an officer in the service, certainly not one who has reached the rank of captain, who has not seen many men drowned solely from not being able to swim; that is, because they had not learned a very simple art, of which, under his official injunctions, and aided by due encouragement, they might readily have acquired a sufficient knowledge.
— from The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels by Basil Hall

The next duty of the town surveyor is to inspect all defective drains within his district, and serve the necessary notices, &c. This duty is embodied in the following clauses of the Public Health Act, 1875: “Where any house within the district of a local authority is without a drain sufficient for effectual drainage, the local authority shall by written notice require the owner or occupier of such house, within a reasonable time therein specified, to make a covered drain or drains emptying into any sewer which the local authority are entitled to use, and which is not more than one hundred feet from the site of such house; but if no such means of drainage are within that distance, then emptying into such covered cesspool or other place not being under any house as the local authority direct; and the local authority may require any such drain or drains to be of such materials and size, and to be laid at such level and with such fall, as on the report of their surveyor may appear to them to be necessary.
— from The Municipal and Sanitary Engineer's Handbook by H. Percy (Henry Percy) Boulnois

“What do you need so much money for?”
— from Other People's Money by Emile Gaboriau