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When John first brought out the bills, the surprise of all the family was unexpressible at the prodigious dimensions of them; they would have measured with the best bale of cloth in John's shop.

From History of John Bull by Arbuthnot, John

Do but behold, in the mean time, what an unexpressible Pleasure your dearly Beloved hath in the tricking up of her sweet Baby in the most neatest dresses.

From The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple by Marsh, A.

New generations will spring forth innocent of the memories which are ours and the unexpressible lessons of our day.

From America's War for Humanity by Russell, Thomas Herbert

Who am I to write of it, with all the poets of all the ages striving to express the unexpressible?

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 by Bates, Harry

He was of stature moderately tall; of a straight and equally-proportioned body, to which all his words and actions gave an unexpressible addition of comeliness.

From Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together with Death's Duel by Donne, John