The palace of the king of Calicut contains many mansions, and a prodigious number of apartments, in all of which a prodigious number of lamps are lighted up every evening.
When I was in Calicut it was crowded with merchants from almost every part of the east, especially a prodigious number of Mahometans.
St Vincent, right over against which is a rock under water, two and a half leagues from shore.
Seven-and-twenty ships have been burned in the harbours, and a prodigious number of fine brass cannon taken.
The British merchant's hat was instantly off his head, and the owner of the beaver was making a prodigious number of bows as if a crown prince were before him.
These islands were closely covered over with birds, which breed upon them; and in the largest there was a prodigious number of those white birds we named Margaulx, larger than geese.
After visiting the chief, they went to the house of Taignoagny, and wherever they went they saw a prodigious number of people, so that they could hardly stir for each other, most of whom they had not been used to see before.
They brought a prodigious number, which by the wonderful light they emitted exhibited the resemblance of day, and they disposed them with so much taste as to produce the most beautiful effect possible.
The women of this country wear a prodigious number of ornaments, and they have two long teeth like the tusks of a boar.
It is incredible, if their account is to be depended upon, what a prodigious number of those creatures were destroyed.
The case of poor servants was very dismal, as I shall have occasion to mention again by and by; for it was apparent a prodigious number of them would be turned away.
We steered, in the first place, for the Canaries, after which we proceeded for the western coast of Africa, where during three days stay we took a prodigious number of certain fishes which are called Phargi.
While there, a prodigious numberof people came to see us, wondering at our colour and appearance, and inquiring whence we came.
By the middle of the following day a prodigious number of people crowded to see us, shewing no signs of fear, and we were entreated by their elders to accompany them to their other villages, farther inland, with which we complied.
We constructed several fonts in this place, at which a prodigious numberof people came to be baptized, calling themselves charaibs, which word in their language signifies wise men.
What a prodigious number of cities, villages, canals, and a thousand other agreeable objects?
Dangerous tumults were raised in and about Manchester, by a prodigious number of manufacturers who had left off working, and entered into a combination to raise, by force, the price of their labour.
In the Moorish army there is a prodigious number of blacks, who are reckoned very loyal, and perfectly devoted to the Emperor.
Among a prodigious number of trees which fill them, there is one kind which I have seen in no other place, and to which we have none that bears any resemblance.
The great quantity of honey that is gathered, and a prodigious number of cows that is kept here, have often made me call Abyssinia a land of honey and butter.
Having burnt a prodigious number of these troublesome animals, we tried to compose ourselves again, but had scarce closed our eyes before we were awakened by the fire that had seized our lodging.
Necho, successor to the last prince, laid out immense sums upon it, and employed a prodigious number of men.
He likewise built, with great diligence, a prodigious number of boats, little vessels, and rafts.
Egypt comprehended anciently, within limits of no very great extent, a prodigious number of cities,(255) and an incredible multitude of inhabitants.
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