Now, Mr. Massingbred," said he, replacing the book on the table, "I 'll tell you in the fewest words I can how the case stands,-and brevity is essential, for we have not an hour to lose.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
The artist begins the article by protesting that of all subjects in the world it is the one upon which he has the least and fewest ideas, and that such ideas as he has consist principally of his admiration for illustrations by others.
"George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians"
T. Martin Wood
Nor need we prefer the verse form to prose, because, as it is alleged, a metrical poem gives us the maximum poetry in the fewest words.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell