For this purpose, they used to mount the staircase together, to the second story of the house, where, at the termination of a wide entry, there was an arched window, of uncommonly large dimensions, shaded by a pair of curtains.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The whole of us, livin', dead, and wounded, lay 'yer, fearin' even to weep aloud.
— from The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge

"Don't know," he said with obvious untruth, looking down at the floor.
— from The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart

But the descending hammer of the chair awoke them with a start, and with one universal, long drawn, deep breath, with which the over-charged heart seeks relief, the crowded assembly broke up and departed.
— from Hidden Treasures; Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail by Harry A. Lewis

One remarkable feature I must not fail to mention—his hair; this, while thin and scant upon the top of his head, was long, and reached to his shoulders; his beard was of unusual length, descending almost to his waist; his hair, eyebrows, and beard were all of singular whiteness and purity, almost transparent, a silvery whiteness that seemed an aureolar sheen in the glare of the gaslight.
— from Etidorhpa; or, The End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd

We, imitating their example, did the same, and commending ourselves to Him who had hitherto so mercifully watched over us, lay down to sleep.
— from In the Eastern Seas by William Henry Giles Kingston

The house-boat was of unusually large dimensions, and contained a magnificent concert-room.
— from The Mapleson Memoirs, 1848-1888, vol I by James Henry Mapleson

Again, the mortality among the field hands, as a consequence of the war, was supplemented by an outbreak of Cholera morbus ( vide p. 197 ), a disease which recurs periodically in these Islands, and which was, on the occasion following the war, of unusually long duration.
— from The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule by Foreman, John, F.R.G.S.

"The rancho or country dwelling-house which had been attacked was of unusually large dimensions, consisting of many buildings, with barns, stables, cattle-folds, and out-houses of every kind.
— from The Silent Rifleman! A tale of the Texan prairies by Henry William Herbert