From whence (striking their sailes in the meane season) they dispatched certaine of their smal ships vnto the duke of Parma.
Which being put in execution drew the enemie from the gates of Rome, and Scipio returned home with triumph: albeit his beginnings at the first were not so fortunate against them, as ours haue bene in this smal time against the Spaniard.
But they having quickly descried our companie, launched one great and another smal boat, being about 16 or 18 persons, and very narrowly escaping, put themselues to sea.
Iudith, and the Michael: which brought no smal ioy vnto the General, and great consolation to the heauie hearts of those wearied wights.
The Tartars and people of Iapon are also smal eyed.
For smale tythes and for smal offringe, 1315 He made the peple pitously to singe.
I can no more expounde in this matere; 1725 I lerne song, I can but smal grammere.
And, for the outlawe hath but smal meynee, And may nat doon so greet an harm as he, Ne bringe a contree to so greet mescheef, Men clepen him an outlawe or a theef.
To smal is bothe thy penne, and eek thy tonge, For to descryven of this mariage.
Y-clad he was ful smal and proprely, 3320 Al in a kirtel of a light wachet; Ful faire and thikke been the poyntes set.
The said hauen wherin we stayed on the South side, is as it were but a sluce of the waters that rise by the flood, and but of smal accompt: we named them S.
On the 14 of Iune we tooke a smal Spanish frigat which fell amongst vs so suddenly, as he doubled the point at the Bay of Cape Tyburon, where we road, so that he could not escape vs.
During this time, they began to build a smal Pinnesse, with hope to returne into France, if no succours came vnto them, as they expected from day to day.
M575) From Saracary vnto these smal forts was two leagues space, which he found very painful, because of the bad waies and continual raines.
And forthir eik our prince hes to the sent Of his ald fortoun bot a smal present, The sobir levyngis rest from Troys fyre.
Eneas wondrit the gretnes of Cartage, Quhilk lait tofor had beyn ane smal cotage; The fair portis alsso he ferleit fast, And of the brute of pepill tharat inpast, The large stretys paithit by and by, 5 The byssy Tyrryanys lauborand ardently.
Ane other smal twyst of a tre I chesit Forto brek down, the causys to assay Of this mater, that war onknawyn alway; And ȝit the blude followit on the sam maneir 15 Furth of the bark of that other, but weir.
My gentil gest, enfors the and addres To lern to dar contemp welth and riches, And do thi self compone, and schaw in deid In goddis steid worthy to succeid, 30 With thame equal ressauyt in sic herbry; Amang smal geir now entris bowsumly.
Their smal mony is almonds, [Marginal note: In Mexico they vse likewise for small money the fruit Cacao which are like almonds.
North Northwest, there we began to haue smal blasts, and some times calmes, but the aire all South and South east.
In tyme also of these Phylosophers sprange the florisshynge age of Poetes: whiche amonge lettred men had nat smal rowme and place.
Agaynst hym selfe to encreas his foes myght Suche one hath reason and wyt of smal valour.
The foresaid smal vessels which came in my company, departed from me to win the shore, to get in the night, but vpon a sudden they espied 3 foystes of Turkes comming vpon them to spoyle them.
Some of his gard had smal staues, and most of them were weaponed with bowes and arrowes.
But our smal prudence dooeth not suffre us, to take any good waie.
Princes of auncient times, no smal praise and [Sidenote: The know- lege of Histo- ries maketh vs as it were liuyng in all ages.
Foure hundred pound of tinne of the vse of Portugall, most smaldishes and trenchers.
They passed through a smal town, where there was a lake, where the Indians made salt: and the Christians made some one day while they rested there, of a brackish water, which sprang neere the towne in ponds like fountaines.
Whereupon the Captaine departed a smal distance from that place with his boat.
Thẽ quod Plato, although it be but smal hurt to play at dice, yet is it great hurt to vse it.
Why is it dispised as a smal thing, which is necessary to a very greate matter?
The flour is excedyng white and it hath the forme or fashion of a long quiver, that is to say, smal at the one end and byg at the other.
Saltpeter in many places, as at Ouglits, Yaruslaue, and Vstiug, they make and some smal store of brimstone vpon the riuer Volgha, but want skil to refine it.
Their sheepe are but smal and beare course and harsh wool.
In the Ozera or lake neere a towne called Perislaue, not far from the Mosco, they haue a smal fish which they cal the fresh herring, of the fashion, and somewhat of the taste of a sea-herring.
Thirdly, he deuideth them into many smal gouernments, like a staffe broke in many small pieces: so that they haue no strength being seuered, which was but litle neither when they were al in one.
We haue appointed Iames Woodcock in the smal barke to attend vpon you, and to receiue his directions from you.
And after this, they began to discharge the smal pieces of brasse, beginning with the smallest and so orderly bigger and bigger, vntill the last and biggest.
To do well, the Broth is rather to be drunk out of a Porringer then to be eaten with a spoon, though you add some smal slices of bread to it, you wil like it the worse.
The sketch which prefaces the Freres Tale was probably drawn from the life:-- Whilom ther was dwellinge in my contree An erchedeken, a man of heigh degree For smale tythes and for smal offringe He made the peple pitously to singe.
And then wee departed from Pegu to Chatigan a great harbour or port, from whence there goe smal ships to Cochin, before the fleete depart for Portugall, in which ships I was fully determined to goe to Lisbon, and so to Venice.
The difference in result between the idle aimless wish and the strenuous endeavour is excellently brought home to us in "Wysshers and wolders ben smal housholders.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "smal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
