Ever So Many

He did the work of ever-so-many men, and almost of one woman. ❋ Various (N/A)

Winter! not to speak of the brilliant talk, and the brilliant diamonds, and the brilliant ever-so-many things! which, tho '"the flames o' Hell "/may/certainly" come and burn it a 'up! "is very pretty and pleasant" in the meanwhile! " ❋ Unknown (1893)

And in shorter time than it takes to tell it, the spools, and mending cotton, and tape measure, and, dear me! the ever-so-many things of which ❋ Margaret Sidney (1884)

I've been saying for the past ever-so-many years that I'd take an even split of the differential between my salary and that of my comparable male colleagues -- with which ❋ Unknown (2010)

After visiting Damascus, the special envoy (one of ever-so-many special envoys) reported that the Syrian dictator-I'm certain he didn't call him that-was ready for peace with Israel, disengagement from Hassan Nasrallah and his bloody movement of Shi'a fanatics and, to top it all off, separation from his financial and military angel, the regime in Tehran. ❋ Marty Peretz (2010)

That said, the Vatican could really use some remedial lessons in how to think outside the ecclesial bubble and defuse unnecessary crises before they happen, just as ever-so-many people outside the Catholic communion could stand to learn how to think and not immediately leap to the conclusion "Benedict wants to shred his life's work and repudiate all Catholic / Jewish relations as a waste of time". ❋ Unknown (2009)

With all the noise about how the office of His Excellency Allan has held off on approving over-slot contracts in an effort to try to de-escalate other signing bonuses, I can't help but notice that, like ever-so-many of Bud Selig's greatest ideas, this one seems to be both foolish and ineffectual. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She indicated she would prepare the list but that it might take ever-so-many days. " ❋ Muller, Marcia (1985)

"You see, sir," said Mr. Smear, "that wherever that ere water _has_ been it's left a dampness ahind it; the moistur 'consekent upon such a dampness must be evaporated by ever-so-many applications of the warming-pan. ❋ Various (N/A)