He noticed fine private carriages drawn up round corners, waiting for prosperous tradesmen; young men with tennis-bats in their hands, taking prodigiously long strides, eager to get a game of play before dusk; girls who went by twos and threes, chattering, laughing, making funny short quick steps of it, like as if on the dance to reach sweethearts and green lanes.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
I saw her to her family coach, which conveyed her mamma, two sisters, and a he cousin besides, of whom I felt prodigiously jealous.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
In spite of its climate, the soil under proper culture is represented to be prodigiously fertile.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou