His Majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read a great deal; Johnson answered, that he thought more than he read; that he had read a great deal in the early part of his life, but having fallen into ill health, he had not been able to read much, compared with others: for instance, he said he had not read much, compared with Dr. Warburton.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

These require a greater drying faculty than the former, not only to consume what flows out, but what remains liquid in the flesh, for liquid flesh is more subject to flow abroad than stick to together.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

The coachman throws down the reins and gets down himself, and the other outside passengers drop down also; except those who have no great confidence in their ability to get up again; and they remain where they are, and stamp their feet against the coach to warm them—looking, with longing eyes and red noses, at the bright fire in the inn bar, and the sprigs of holly with red berries which ornament the window.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

He told me instead, with much rapidity, a good deal about her skill, and her profits; and about her being a scientific cupper, if I should ever have occasion for her service in that capacity.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

"It will not be an easy life;" said she candidly, "for I require a good deal of attention, and you will be much confined; yet, perhaps, contrasted with the existence you have lately led, it may appear tolerable."
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

During my brother's confinement, which I resented a good deal, notwithstanding our private differences, I had the management of the paper; and I made bold to give our rulers some rubs in it, which my brother took very kindly, while others began to consider me in an unfavorable light, as a young genius that had a turn for libeling and satyr.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

In perfect art the whole idea is creative and exists only to be embodied, while every part of the product is rational and gives delightful expression to that idea.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

I find it sufficiently abundant, but not sufficiently pliable and vigorous; it commonly quails under a powerful conception; if you would maintain the dignity of your style, you will often perceive it to flag and languish under you, and there Latin steps in to its relief, as Greek does to others.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

I had read a great deal too much about it.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

In fact, as Secretary Chase reported, the United States did not realize a great deal from Confederate staples brought into the Union lines.
— from Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama by Walter L. (Walter Lynwood) Fleming

For it is quite certain that, whether Calvin or Arminius be in the right, whether Laud or Burnet be in the right, a great deal of false doctrine is taught by the ministers of the Established Church.
— from Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 4 With a Memoir and Index by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

The same venerable authority records a grave disagreement with the custom-house officers, of whose ministrations we had received no previous warning.
— from From the Oak to the Olive: A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe

What he has to say is generally put in the form of simple and concise statement or suggestion; but he gives, and perhaps for that very reason, a great deal to be thought and felt in an hour.
— from Fifteen Days: An Extract from Edward Colvil's Journal by Mary Lowell Putnam

“What shabby answer?” said Grant, with surprise; and Oakly repeated exactly the message which he received; and Grant declared that he never sent any such message.
— from The Parent's Assistant; Or, Stories for Children by Maria Edgeworth

She had on a lavender muslin dress, very becoming to her fair complexion, which would be perfect if she hadn't a very few little veins showing in the pink of her cheeks, and some faint, smiling-lines round her eyes, which you see only if you stare rudely as Grandma does, to "take down Mrs. James's vanity.
— from The Heather-Moon by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

Likes To Do Things ¶ Because he is such a hard worker this type gets a good deal of praise and glory just as the fat people, who manage to get out of work, receive a good deal of blame.
— from How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types by Elsie Lincoln Benedict