the mountiains on both sides of the river at no great distance are very lofty.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

But thee may as well take care of theeself, Ruth, and not go dawdling along with a young man in his adventures, until thy own mind is a little more settled what thee wants.”
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

Instinct at fault in everything and anything, instinct as a revolt against nature, German décadence as a philosophy— that is Kant !
— from The Antichrist by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

and on looking round, at no great distance, a large boat was seen through the haze making towards the rock.
— from Smeaton and Lighthouses A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel by Anonymous

He paused to look again over the scene, and, as far as the eye could reach, and that, moonlight as it was, was many miles, the country was diversified with hill and dale, meadow and ploughed land; the open fields, and the darker woods, and the silvery stream that ran at no great distance, all presented a scene that was well calculated to warm the imagination, and to give the mind that charm which a cultivated understanding is capable of receiving.
— from Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood by Thomas Preskett Prest

Ha!” exclaimed the stranger, as shouts and other vociferations resounded at no great distance along the thoroughfare, “not a moment is to be lost.
— from Jack Sheppard: A Romance, Vol. 1 (of 3) by William Harrison Ainsworth

Nor were they disappointed—the day was unusually clear, with the clearness that tells of rain at no great distance, and on all sides they could see over many miles.
— from The Old Pincushion; or, Aunt Clotilda's Guests by Mrs. Molesworth

And there, when war was raging at no great distance, and when Ragusa was the special centre of the purveyors of news, he was sure to hear both the latest truths and the latest fables.
— from Sketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of Venice by Edward A. (Edward Augustus) Freeman

Which occasions between friends, near relations, and neighbors, great differences, and an implacable hatred; forcing thereby the monies of innocent and self-necessitated people, into the Pockets of Counsellors and Attorneys.
— from The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple by A. Marsh

Very soon he reached a small wood and had advanced but a little way in among the trees when his quick ears warned him that others were here before him; a bush rustled at no great distance and he caught the sound of a voice hoarse and subdued: "... heard someone behind us
— from Our Admirable Betty: A Romance by Jeffery Farnol

On his right, and no great distance away, rose the cliff on the summit of which was built the hotel where Byrne and Miriam were staying.
— from A Secret of the Sea: A Novel. Vol. 3 (of 3) by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight