Canoes to day one proved a little leakey the other a verry good one H2 anchor
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Mr. Thomas, or Tom Wilson, as he was familiarly called by all his friends and acquaintances, was the son of a gentleman, who once possessed a large landed property in the neighbourhood; but an extravagant and profligate expenditure of the income which he derived from a fine estate which had descended from father to son through many generations, had greatly reduced the circumstances of the elder Wilson.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

What was wanting in the face was what gave it its peculiar maidenly charm—a lack of passion, a little lack, perhaps, of strength.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

Turning to the left the string of litters followed the cliffy sides of the crater for a distance of about half a mile, or perhaps a little less, and then halted.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

It was a woman; she might have been thirty-five years of age, or perhaps a little less, and had certainly been beautiful.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

But [2712] Guianerius, [2713] Montaltus, Pomporiatius of Padua, and Lemnius lib.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Secondly, In Pennsylvania there is no right of primogeniture, and lands, like moveables, are divided equally among all the children of the family.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

When I had landed I found that I was about a mile, or perhaps a little less, below the point from which I started.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

"And I thought you were hardly the sort [106] of person a lady like Miss King would want in her home, you know," the Englishman continued.
— from Mal Moulée: A Novel by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The more modern of the two was built by two brothers, rich merchants, between the years 1197 and 1247, and for delicacy of carving and minute beauty of detail stands almost unrivalled, even in this land of patient and lavish labour.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Then all along the cross bar were various other emblems, such as the nails, the hammer, a pair of pincers, a little ladder, a great key, and on the top a cock, to [Pg 63] represent the cock which crowed at the time of Peter's betrayal of his Lord.
— from Rollo in Naples by Jacob Abbott

The author takes us to his garden on the rocky hill-sides in the vicinity of West Point, and shows us how out of it, after four years' experience, he evoked a profit of $1,000, and this while carrying on pastoral and literary labor.
— from The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Andrew S. (Andrew Samuel) Fuller

Off the coast of Patagonia a long, low, black schooner proudly rides the seas, that breaks softly upon the vine-clad shores of that luxuriant land.
— from Drift from Two Shores by Bret Harte

While sleek Quakers and garrulous Assembly men prated of peace and local liberties, the outlying settlements were given over to fire and sword; until the southern colonists began to learn the lesson, which New England had long since learnt, that the first duty of any community is self-defence.
— from A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Vol. V Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood, Sir

The firm grew and acquired a status, and about this time, or possibly a little later, the dining-room at Bryanstone Square had come into being.
— from The Drunkard by Guy Thorne

And forth from the outskirts of Oxford rides Rupert on the day we are to describe, and we must still protract our pause a little longer to speak of him.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various