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

Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

From The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland

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)

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

The English infantryman stands for all ages as the ensample of heroic patience, which words or cartoon fail utterly to convey.

From The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry by Rose, Geoffrey Keith