Exceeding

Examples

• So exceeding affable as she was! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• They could not believe this hard doctrine of a kingdom of service which was its own exceeding great reward. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I beg your pardon, Mr. Weller,' said Mr. John Smauker, agonised at the exceeding ungenteel sound, 'will you take my arm? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Being one day abroad with my protector the sorrel nag, and the weather exceeding hot, I entreated him to let me bathe in a river that was near. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Close at his heels came the colonel himself, a man rather over the middle size, but of an exceeding thinness. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Already in the very oldest records the Pharaoh has a power and importance exceeding that of any priest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The molds are made of cast-iron in sections of such size and weight as will be most convenient for handling, mostly in pieces not exceeding two by four feet in rectangular dimensions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He sat silent, still caressing Tartar, who slobbered with exceeding affection. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Like its master, it was entirely devoid of hair, but was of a dark slate color and exceeding smooth and glossy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• A few days after the famous presentation, another great and exceeding honour was vouchsafed to the virtuous Becky. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Mrs. Bennet had no turn for economy, and her husband's love of independence had alone prevented their exceeding their income. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I had not been early accustomed to _method_, and having an exceeding good memory, I was not so sensible of the inconvenience attending want of method. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• He is said to have been an exceeding good man, considering his education, being naturally of a most kind, benevolent temper. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Mr. Yorke, the permanent president of these dinners, witnessed his young friend's bearing with exceeding complacency. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The Deutschland is not quite so large as the Oceanic, but is of higher speed, her maximum speed of 23? knots an hour exceeding that of any other ocean steamer. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I made her a low bow, took out my knife and fork, and fell to eat, which gave them exceeding delight. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• As I walked on to the hotel, I felt that a dread, much exceeding the mere apprehension of a painful or disagreeable recognition, made me tremble. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The Baronet did not disguise his exceeding mortification at the turn which affairs took. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I shall have no fortune, and I fancy she is an exceeding proud woman. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Her auditress listened with exceeding edification. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The mills of the modern gods, the inventors, grind with exceeding and exact fineness, but the work of a human hand upon a manufactured article still appeals to human sympathy. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• So saying, he sprang over the hedge, and darted off with a speed which rendered it matter of exceeding difficulty for the others to keep near him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The wife, since that affair, behaves exceeding well: but we conclude to sell them both the first good opportunity, for we do not like negro servants. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Secondly, that the eggs are remarkably small, not exceeding those of the skylark--a bird about one-fourth as large as the cuckoo. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It left Arthur in possession of private personal means not exceeding a few hundred pounds; but it opened to him an active and promising career. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• However, it was an exceeding good, pretty letter, and gave Mr. and Mrs. Weston a great deal of pleasure. Jane Austen. Emma.
• He then desired me to draw my scimitar, which, although it had got some rust by the sea water, was, in most parts, exceeding bright. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• This has a horn attachment exceeding the big horn of a brass band in size, and the wax cylinder is about four inches in diameter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The Kaiser Wilhelm was followed by the Oceanic, in 1899, of the White Star Company, which is the largest ocean steamer ever built, exceeding the proportions of the Great Eastern. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The Church of the Nativity is almost as well packed with exceeding holy places as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre itself. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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