I have received a
great deal of politeness--some of it really most pressing, and I have experienced no drawbacks whatever.
Bundle of Letters
There was a great deal more clapping when she finished, and when this was over, as an encore, she gave a piece which imitated the sea; there were little trills to represent the lapping waves and thundering chords, with the loud pedal down, to suggest a storm.
This was very noisy, and there was a great deal of laughing and shouting, as people moved from table to table.
Of Human Bondage
"Yes, it does give a notion," said Catherine warmly, "and that is, that you all drink a great deal more wine than I thought you did.
This declaration brought on a loud and overpowering reply, of which no part was very distinct, except the frequent exclamations, amounting almost to oaths, which adorned it, and Catherine was left, when it ended, with rather a strengthened belief of there being a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford, and the same happy conviction of her brother's comparative sobriety.
Northanger Abbey
Ryde insisted strongly on the doctrines of the Reformation, visited his flock a great deal in their own homes, and was severe in rebuking the aberrations of the flesh--put a stop, indeed, to the Christmas rounds of the church singers, as promoting drunkenness and too light a handling of sacred things.
Ryde preach a great deal more about that spiritual part of religion that you talk of, Adam?
Adam Bede
"Yes," added the other; "and of the Roman emperors as low as Severus; besides a
great deal of the heathen mythology, and all the metals, semi-metals, planets, and distinguished philosophers."
Mansfield Park
However, at any rate, as I have a
great deal more at stake on this point than anybody else can have, I think it rather unnecessary in you to be advising me."
Persuasion
One cannot creep upon a journey; one cannot help getting on faster than one has planned; and the pleasure of coming in upon one's friends before the lookout begins, is worth a
great deal more than any little exertion it needs."
Emma
I, for instance, have a
great deal of amour propre.
Notes from the Underground
They were a
great deal worse than the old Indian currency of clam-shells.
Grandfathers Chair
'Oh, what a pretty bird!' said the miser; 'I would give a
great deal of money to have such a one.' 'If that's all,' said the countryman, 'I will soon bring it down.' Then he took up his bow, and down fell the thrush into the bushes at the foot of the tree.
Fairy Tales
But I did like the 'Life of Goldsmith'; I liked it a
great deal better than the more authoritative
My Literary Passions
"Oh, a
great deal! And I know that he's her favorite; still one can see how chivalrous he is....
Anna Karenina