"That much" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... it instead of me, I suppose," said Lily, drawing back her shoulder as though threatening to smack him, "when Pa went for me with his leather belt. And I have witnesses. I've been through the mill, if anybody has: that much I ...
— The Bill-Toppers • Andre Castaigne
... little ease in the Latin version. Of the former tongue, indeed, they had acquired much in their youth, since they learned it from Sir Andrew with Rosamund, although they could not talk it as she did, who had been taught to lisp it as an infant by her mother. Knowing, too, that much might hang upon a knowledge of this tongue, they occupied their long journey in studying it from such books as they could get; also in speaking it with a priest, who had spent many years in the East, and instructed them for a fee, and with ...
— The Brethren • H. Rider Haggard
... beneath the ancient load Of my misdeeds and custom's tyranny, That much I fear to fail upon the road And yield my soul unto mine enemy. 'Tis true a friend from whom all splendour flowed, To save me came with matchless courtesy: Then flew far up from sight to heaven's abode, So that I strive in vain ...
— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series • John Addington Symonds
... knew very well what had come over Jacques. That much at least she had done in return for the precious thing his ...
— Kildares of Storm • Eleanor Mercein Kelly
... friend replied slowly, "doesn't it seem queer that the clock should have been put there simply to proclaim when the year was up? A grocer's calendar could have done that much—" ...
— Till the Clock Stops • John Joy Bell
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