"Much as" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the extreme pain this unjust accusation caused him, and his voice, though low, was not without irritation, "I have tried. I have not done as much as I ought, ...
— The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations • Charlotte Yonge
... is what they have done, for we reckoned upon carrying off at least a thousand head of cattle, for the use of the army. It was for that, as much as to capture the countess and strike a blow at this hive of Huguenots, that the expedition was arranged. However, if they are all in there, it will save us the trouble of driving ...
— Saint Bartholomew's Eve - A Tale of the Huguenot WarS • G. A. Henty
... or cover scars, and above all there exists a parchment manuscript, known as Vaticanus 1288, older than Mediceus A, older than Venetus A, and containing Books Seventy-eight and Seventy-nine probably very much as Dio wrote them, save that the account is mutilated at beginning ...
— Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) • Cassius Dio
... disliked Mr Tisdall. Could I impute this to jealousy? Why not? A man will be jealous if his dog but lick the hand of another; and, though he reserve himself perfect freedom, no man must so much as sigh for the woman he hath once honoured with his regard. Truly there is a something Oriental in the passions of men; and if a woman break through this, 'tis at ...
— The Ladies - A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty • E. Barrington
... "Well, not so much as it was when we carried a musket," said Manson, "for I am not as superstitious as I was then. Still, I want to see your haunted island just the same and hear that strange noise. Is there a harbor there where ...
— Pocket Island - A Story of Country Life in New England • Charles Clark Munn
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