The master...was for this once of her opinion.—­R.  LOUIS
     STEVENSON.

     Death!  To die!  I owe that much To what, at least, I
     was.—­BROWNING.

     This long’s the text.—­SHAKESPEARE.

[Sidenote The status of such.]

Such is frequently used as an equivalent of so:  such precedes an adjective with its noun, while so precedes only the adjective usually.

     Meekness,...which gained him such universal
     popularity.—­IRVING.

     Such a glittering appearance that no ordinary man would have
     been able to close his eyes there.—­HAWTHORNE.

     An eye of such piercing brightness and such commanding power
     that it gave an air of inspiration.—­LECKY.

So also in Grote, Emerson, Thackeray, Motley, White, and others.

[Sidenote:  Pretty.]

Pretty has a wider adverbial use than it gets credit for.

     I believe our astonishment is pretty equal.—­FIELDING.

     Hard blows and hard money, the feel of both of which you know
     pretty well by now.—­KINGSLEY.

     The first of these generals is pretty generally recognized as
     the greatest military genius that ever lived.—­BAYNE.

     A pretty large experience.—­THACKERAY.

Pretty is also used by Prescott, Franklin, De Quincey, Defoe, Dickens, Kingsley, Burke, Emerson, Aldrich, Holmes, and other writers.

[Sidenote:  Mighty.]

The adverb mighty is very common in colloquial English; for example,—­

     “Mighty well, Deacon Gookin!” replied the solemn tones of the
     minister.—­HAWTHORNE.

     “Maybe you’re wanting to get over?—­anybody sick?  Ye seem
     mighty anxious!”—­H.B.  STOWE.

It is only occasionally used in literary English; for example,—­

     You are mighty courteous.—­BULWER.

     Beau Fielding, a mighty fine gentleman.—­THACKERAY.

     “Peace, Neville,” said the king, “thou think’st thyself mighty
     wise, and art but a fool.”—­SCOTT.

     I perceived his sisters mighty busy.—­GOLDSMITH.

[Sidenote:  Notice meanings.]

284.  Again, the meaning of words must be noticed rather than their form; for many words given above may be moved from one class to another at will:  as these examples,—­“He walked too far [place];” “That were far better [degree];” “He spoke positively [manner];” “That is positively untrue [assertion];” “I have seen you before [time];” “The house, and its lawn before [place].”

ADVERBS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO USE.

[Sidenote:  Simple.]