Please paraphrase"at but a little"
Who had been in such fright before at but a little . ------Robinson Crusoe
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"...at things so small they were almost nothing."
"But" is used here as an adverb meaning "only."
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Using "but" in this manner, to negate something "but a little" is a more formal way of saying "only a little." It was used in older times (circa 1900s and earlier), in British syntax, and is now used only in poetry and literary work because it sounds pretty. :)
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