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
Our morning walk in his garden will serve as an ensample.
From The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec by McIlwraith, Jean Newton
For this cause will I tell you a certain story, even as it was told to me, for a fair ensample.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
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
But we vse ye ensample ād likenesse to strength the faith of the weake.
