The old maid bridled and tossed her head, as much as to say that, in her opinion, the like of him was not so mighty a catch for ladies beyond their girlhood.--Chambers's Journal (Grandmoiher Hook).
She untied her hair, then began to twirl the ringlets round her fingers and play with them in a coquettish manner, which she seemed to think mighty killing, for she smiled in evident self-conceit.--London Zoist.
The Doctor's was a mighty fine house, fronting the sea.--Dickens, Dombey and Son, ch. XI.
His face is mighty little for his body.--Georgia Scenes, p. 184.
What mighty hard land it is on this road. The whole face of the earth is covered with stones, as thick as Kentucky land titles.--Crockett, Tour down East, p. 57.
You'll be mighty apt to get wet, said a thorough-bred Texan, who stood watching our movements.--Kendall's Santa Fé Expedition, Vol. I. p. 32.
But, sir, I were mighty weak, and couldn't tell a stump from an old he.--Porter's Tales of the South-west, p. 124.
A girl belonging to the hotel was shouting to the boys, who had been dispatched to the barn for eggs, to "quit suckin' them thar eggs, or the candidates would stand a mighty small chance for thar dinner.--Robb, Squatter Life, p. 80.