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far in largeness exceeding the

And to the little conduit by Paule’s gate, from whence of old time the said high street stretched straight to Ludgate, all in the ward of Faringdon within, then divided truly from east to west, [108] but since by means of the burning of Paule’s church, which was in the reign of William I., Mauricius, then bishop of London, laid the foundation of a new church, so far in largeness exceeding the old, that the way towards Ludgate was thereby greatly straitened, as before I have discoursed.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

fellow is like enough to

Such a fine, spirited fellow is like enough to have 'em.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

For I lovede eek though

But whan ye comen by my sepulture, Remembreth that your felawe resteth there; For I lovede eek, though I unworthy were.
— from Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

find it labor enough to

The portionless, who struggle with no such unnecessary inherited encumbrances, find it labor enough to subdue and cultivate a few cubic feet of flesh.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

for in local elections the

In the stockyards this was only in national and state elections, for in local elections the Democratic Party always carried everything.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

found it large enough to

When the tent was set up in the great plain, which we have before mentioned, he found it large enough to shelter an army twice as large as he could bring into the field.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

fugue is likely enough to

The sense of mutual fitness that springs from the two deep notes fulfilling expectation just at the right moment between the notes of the silvery soprano, from the perfect accord of descending thirds and fifths, from the preconcerted loving chase of a fugue, is likely enough to supersede any immediate demand for less impassioned forms of agreement.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

fact is left entirely to

But the decision of this fact is left entirely to the Master, or presiding officer.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

facility in learning every thing

Nobody had any but an inferior and second-hand praise for diligence, for economy, for reading, for writing, for memory, for facility in learning every thing laudable, and even for the more envied graces of person and dress, and an all-surpassing elegance in both, where you were known, and those subjects talked of.
— from Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Samuel Richardson

feeling is like even though

We know from it more of what religious feeling is like, even though we remain ignorant of its sources.
— from A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann

first I lent ear to

At first I lent ear to the popular statement at El-Wijh; namely, that the visiting doctors and the resident sanitary officers naturally prefer the shorter to the longer voyage, and the nearer station to that further from home.
— from The Land of Midian (Revisited) — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

follow it long enough takes

The Martinswand is a grand mountain, being one of the spurs of the greater Sonnstein, and rises precipitously, looming, massive and lofty, like a very fortress for giants, where it stands right across that road which, if you follow it long enough, takes you on through Zirl to Landeck—old, picturesque, poetic Landeck, where Frederic of the Empty Pockets rhymed his sorrows in ballads to his people—and so on, by Bludenz, into Switzerland itself, by as noble a highway as any traveller can ever desire to traverse on a summer's day.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 by Various

frontier is little else than

The village immediately beyond the frontier is little else than a block or two of solidly built barracks, and a well appointed railway station, with its inevitable refreshment room, in which a group of officers representing the two nationalities were enjoying a friendly lunch.
— from With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back by Edward P. Lowry

for it led Eleanor to

And that silent prayer must have been the glorified light that shone from her eyes for it led Eleanor to melt as she had never melted before.
— from The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

fact is lamentable enough to

But certainly the fact is lamentable enough to challenge immediate attention, and to induce a radical change.
— from The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various

feet in length else they

The herring and mackerel drifters, which may venture twenty miles into the open sea, cannot be more than twenty-five feet in length else they would prove unwieldy ashore.
— from A Poor Man's House by Stephen Sydney Reynolds

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