They conversed together, in a most friendly manner, Sir Gervaise being even unusually frank and communicative, in order to prove he was not displeased, the matter in discussion being the state of the ship and the situation of the crew.
The latter had suppressed the signs of distress, though the lieutenant could perceive he was unusually anxious.
Thus the two ships in the extreme rear, as has been hinted at already, being jammed up unusually hard upon the wind, had weathered materially on their consorts, while their way through the water had been proportionably less.
The day was unusually warm for the season; there was little activity in the Indian town.
At this time the 'Endurance' was making an unusually rapid drift to the north under the influence of a fresh southerly to south-westerly breeze.
There were two blubber-stoves made from old oil-drums, and one day, when the blizzard was unusually severe, an attempt was made to cook the meals inside the hut.
The Navy crew is normal, except for the commanders being unusually young.
He's unusually decent and extremely idealistic, the same as I am.
The evidence does, however, suggest that an unusually large proportion of Africans obtained commands during the reign of Septimius Severus.
We had a most pleasant trip, were favored with unusuallyfine weather, and were disappointed in no one of our anticipations.
The weather was unusually mild, and we experienced very little fatigue.
The rivers have broken up this spring unusually late, and the ice is now floating down in large masses.
By the time dinner was ready we felt much fatigued, and some hours of unusually sultry and oppressive heat compelled us to rest until towards evening, when returning coolness revived our strength.
I said nothing of this to my family, but, making up an unusually large fire, I bade them sleep with their weapons by their sides, and we all lay down.
While we were thus employed, I noticed that the two dogs were lying unusually quietly by my side.
They were of unusually large size, manifesting a most singular boldness, and even familiarity, without the usual appearance of ferocity so characteristic of the animal.
Count Woronzoff, notwithstanding this apparent calmness, found him difficult to please, and unusually irritable, for Alexander was constitutionally sweet-tempered and patient.
The crops, taking the whole country together, are represented as unusually abundant the present season.
A theory was advanced that the rains were late and the country was unusually dry, so that the game had shifted to better pastures.
She was unusually beautiful, and her voice was the most seductive ever a woman possessed.
The funeral procession was unusually impressive; no less than thirty-six thousand warriors, their shoulders bared, marched before his bier.
He lit a lamp, and after arranging his toilet articles on an unusually long, bare dresser, he settled himself beside the lamp in a comfortable bamboo chair.
His cheek bones were prominent, and his head unusually large.
For example, here we have a diagram representing a very unusually complete series of fossil shells, which within the last few years has been unearthed from the Tertiary lake basins of Slavonia.
Huxham is unusually full on the coughs and anginas of horses for several months before the influenza of men.
At both places it was remarked as unusually fatal, chiefly from a complication of bowel complaint in children and from pulmonary affections in adults.
When it did reach Norwich, Lynn and many other places in Norfolk and Suffolk it became unusually destructive.
The first epidemic was in the year 1805, when smallpox was unusually common in London also.
Many of the choleraic cases were unusually malignant, of which the following are instances: Allison, aged fifty, a painter of earthenware residing in a low situation on the bank of the Wear two miles above the town, was attacked at 4 a.
The summer and autumn were unusually wet, so that the peasantry of the southern and western counties were unable to lay in their usual supply of turf for fuel.
In addition, sailing is restricted because an unusually large portion of its waters is too shallow to permit of the passage of large ships.
After following his tracks for half a day they came suddenly upon the footprints of an unusually large wolf which had turned to trail the hunter.
For as you know, the human female tongue is very similar to that of the female woodpecker: unusually long, and much too pointed to be of any use.
The otter is an unusually playful, graceful, active, and powerful animal; but when caught in a trap becomes exceedingly vicious, and the hunter must take care lest he be severely bitten.
They were unusually fine specimens and had the bulls been triplets they could not have been more alike even to the detail of their antlers.
It is not quite clear at the present time what gave rise to this innovation, but there were probably some unusually reckless spirits among the youngsters, of whom it was deemed necessary to make an example.
Either, then, it was somehow unusually prolonged, or else the clash of the Ottoman war revived it.
The weather was unusually warm for the time of the year, and the little breeze which blew across the garden was very acceptable.
Explosions of fire-damp were unusually frequent in the coal mines of Northumberland and Durham about the time when George Stephenson was engaged in the construction of his first locomotives.
For the purpose of stopping the train, brakes on an improved plan were also contrived, with new modes of lubricating the carriage-axles, on which the wheels revolved at an unusually high velocity.
The weather was unusually fine, the wind favourable, and everything promised a short and prosperous voyage.
The season continued unusually warm, and channels of open water always occurred along the shore with particular winds.
A second similar occurrence took place with a smaller mass of ice about midnight, and near the top of an unusually high spring tide, which seemed ready to float away every security from us.
So the services that night were unusually full of spirit and good cheer; for all felt the influence of a friendly word, the beauty of a fine example.
A cheerful voice gave the three answers, but it cost Merry an effort to keep it so, for she had certain little plans of her own which made the work before her unusually distasteful.
Ralph, watching the innocent face, which looked unusually kind and beautiful to him in that soft light.
Jill meantime meditated morally on the superiority of her own good temper over the hasty one of her dear playmate, and just when she was feeling unusually uplifted and secure, alas!
Joe scudded away as if the constable was after him, and presently Frank was seen slowly approaching with an unusually sober face and a pair of very dirty hands.
