1 Scarlett, really seeing them for the first time, was surprised and touched by the size of the crowd.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XL 2 To Wade and Ella, a little dazzled by the size, splendor and fashionable dark gloom of their new home, these two metal animals were the only cheerful notes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XLIX 3 Well, that's about the size of it, I suppose.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 2: Chapter 7 4 Her expensive frock of beaver-colored satin with rows, plasters, and pendants of solemn brown beads was intended for a woman twice her size.
5 I was born in an Ohio town about the same size as Gopher Prairie, and much less friendly.
Main Street By Sinclair LewisGet Context In CHAPTER XIII 6 Joralemon was a prairie town of the size of Gopher Prairie.
Main Street By Sinclair LewisGet Context In CHAPTER XXIV 7 He is of moderate octavo size, varying from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, and of corresponding dimensions round the waist.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 32. Cetology. 8 The meat is made into balls about the size of billiard balls, and being well seasoned and spiced might be taken for turtle-balls or veal balls.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 65. The Whale as a Dish. 9 As it passes through the remaining vertebrae the canal tapers in size, but for a considerable distance remains of large capacity.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 80. The Nut. 10 Still rolling in his blood, at last he partially disclosed a strangely discoloured bunch or protuberance, the size of a bushel, low down on the flank.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin. 11 Not far from the Sea-side, they have a Temple, the Rafters and Beams of which are made of Whale-Bones; for Whales of a monstrous size are oftentimes cast up dead upon that shore.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale. 12 As I turned him over, I began to feel proud of him, to have a kind of respect for his age and size.
My Antonia By Willa CatherGet Context In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VII 13 A snake of his size, in fighting trim, would be more than any boy could handle.
My Antonia By Willa CatherGet Context In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VII 14 The husband, in Chicago, was working in a furniture factory for modest wages, and when he met his family at the station he was rather crushed by the size of it.
My Antonia By Willa CatherGet Context In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IX 15 There it was, heroic in size, a picture writing on the sun.
My Antonia By Willa CatherGet Context In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIV