cellae, or to the alae if there are to be alae, and the other four devoted to the middle of the temple.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

He had found out from a boy that there was only an old woman in charge as caretaker, and she only came there on fine days, from the hamlet near, to open and shut the windows.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

The three or four devoted girl friends who were staying in the house for this dance had partaken with her, in a small, abandoned room upstairs, of tea and cold chicken-legs, hurriedly served; the men had been sent out to dine at Eustace's Club, it being felt that they must be fed up.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property by John Galsworthy

He does not mind going a hundred miles to breakfast, and a hundred and fifty to dinner, because he is sure to have three or four days between meals, and he can just as well be traveling and looking at the scenery as lying around doing nothing and adding to the burdens of his parents.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

throughout; from first to last, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom, de fond en comble[Fr]; a fond, a capite ad calcem [Lat], ab ovo usque ad mala[Lat], fore and aft; every, whit, every inch; cap-a-pie, to the end of the chapter; up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes; as . . .
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

In order that I might be able to stay at the table, I took up the cards and punted three or four ducats like a beginner.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

They continue this procession for three or four days, and then abandon the figure in a field adjacent to the village.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

While on a visit to one friend, do not accept too many invitations from others, and avoid spending too much time in paying calls where your hostess is not acquainted.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

She nudged his elbow—for they were sitting six at the table, much to his disgust; the other four drank noisily—and he followed her to the top of the room.
— from Visionaries by James Huneker

[217] reports there is a [218] flying fish Which all the other fishes deadly hate, And therefore, being pursued, it takes the air: No sooner is it up, but there's a fowl That seizeth it: this fish, my lord, I bear, The motto this: Undique mors est .
— from The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Christopher Marlowe

In the morning he got back again to the cottage but he had taken a chill, and so had to keep his bed for three or four days after.
— from Lady into Fox by David Garnett

Make a decoction of nut-galls by simmering gently for three or four days a quarter of a pound of the galls in two quarts of water; give the wood three coats of this, and while wet lay on a solution of sulphate of iron (two ounces to a quart), and when dry oil or varnish.
— from Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million Containing Four Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-five Receipts, Facts, Directions, etc. in the Useful, Ornamental, and Domestic Arts by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale

Nothing can be better than all the accounts, both public and private, for the last three or four days.
— from Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of

"At the best our fuel will suffice to carry us but three or four days, while our atmosphere cannot last to exceed three.
— from At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs

"What, the gardener father turned off for drinking?"
— from Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and the First Christmas of New England by Harriet Beecher Stowe

He was furnished with a mat to lie on, "and some three or four days after provided with a shirt, such a one as it was, a pair of shoes, and an old doublet."
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 02 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

Here all enjoyed once more the luxury of having tents overhead, for during the crawling journey over the veldt we slept in wagons, on wagons, or under wagons.
— from The Tale of a Field Hospital by Frederick Treves

There was no need for a brake, for his weight sufficiently counterbalanced the weight in the other car; and soon he saw the cliff rising out of the cloud depths and the old familiar drum going round and round.
— from Stories of Ships and the Sea Little Blue Book # 1169 by Jack London