"A great deal" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... collaring him; and this resentment he expressed by collaring his assailant in turn. The consequence of this proceeding was a violent struggle, which finally ended in a close stand-up fight between the male combatants, who shewed great spirit, although, perhaps, not a great deal of science. John Anderson, in particular, struck out manfully, and, in a twinkling, tapped the claret of his antagonist, Tom Callender. Tom, in return, made some fair attempts at closing up the day-lights of John Anderson, but, truth compels ...
— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III • Various
... now of Scotland Yard, a person of weight and importance—had changed a great deal during the last few years. His hair had become gray, his walk more dignified. There was the briskness, however, of his best days in his carriage and in the flash of his brown eyes. He held out his hand to his ...
— Peter Ruff and the Double Four • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... has brought to me a great deal of pain. And what we hide from others we sometimes seem almost to be destroying by that very act, though of course ...
— A Spirit in Prison • Robert Hichens
... of tears when she wished them all good-bye; and Ethel and Blanche found the house was very empty without her; but that was only till Meta came in from a walk with Norman, and, under the plea of trying to supply Mary's place, did the work of five Maries, and a great deal besides. ...
— The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations • Charlotte Yonge
... we saw most at Anadyrsk were, as I have already said, the Chukchis. They frequently called upon us in large parties, and afforded us a great deal of amusement by their naive and childlike comments upon Americans, American instruments, and the curious American things generally which we produced for their inspection. I shall never forget the utter astonishment with which a band of them once looked through my field-glass. I had been trying it ...
— Tent Life in Siberia • George Kennan
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