ensample

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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

Schoolmasters, except religious and elementary, they may cease to be, perhaps; the pattern and ensample of purity and righteousness they will always remain.

From The Soul of a People by Fielding, H. (Harold)

Now we and other kings of might, By his ensample taught aright, The lands of every region tread That justice may increase and spread.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

To drawen folk to heven, with fairenesse, By good ensample, was his besinesse.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

His memory shall continue to be praised and blessed, for he was beloved of God, an ensample to us all, and his own stern judge.

From The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes by Arthur, J. P.