in few instances
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Fright and terror, in a timid person might perhaps aggravate the disease in few instances, though it seems doubtful, to say the least.
From The Youthful Wanderer An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany by Heffner, George H.
But this apparent despondency proceeded in few instances from sentiment.
From A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay by Tench, Watkin
On the other hand, the summer season offers to his contemplation the successful attainment of a mode of existence suited to the burning climate; a problem found to be solved but in few instances.
From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Wells, Nathaniel Armstrong
Controversy is not seldom excited in consequence of the disputants attaching each a different meaning to the same word; and in few instances has this been more striking than in disputes concerning the present subject.
From English literary criticism by Various
The spores are very distinctly papillate; in some specimens, however, almost smooth; in few instances, rough.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)
