ensample
Example Sentences
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Arguing that "mankind cannot be made good under compulsion," he quoted against Prohibition Chaucer's reference to the village parson: To drawen folk to heven by fairnesse By good ensample, this way his bisy-nesse.
From Time Magazine Archive
The moral of the old tale is clear—that all virtue without charity is nothing worth; and that of virtue without charity, the Stoic's cold renunciation is the chief type and ensample.
From Apologia Diffidentis by O. M. (Ormonde Maddock) Dalton
Let us refrain from this subject, remembering how grave and learned theologians, earnest opponents of Predestinarianism, have been reduced to the extreme of perplexity when confronted with the ensample of Pharaoh.
From Sword and Gown A Novel by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
This noble ensample to his shepe he yaf,— That first he wrought, and afterwards he taught.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
Bernier told this ensample that teacheth so goodly matter, and of it he made what he might.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
