the better sorts
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Because it contains some typical examples of the better sorts of information in these works, I have thought it worth while to quote two passages from it.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by James Joseph Walsh
Of the better sorts of the wild fruits that I have met with, I will barely give you the names, not designing a natural history.
From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Robert Beverley
This was of various kinds, for the mountain was very rich in the better sorts of metals.
From The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
The commonest were made of terra-cotta, the better sorts of bronze or silver, often richly ornamented and sometimes very graceful.
From Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul by T. G. (Thomas George) Tucker
Of course they're rather dull, but then you get very few of the better sorts.
From Priscilla's Spies by George A. Birmingham
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