the better sorts
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We’ll start you with all we take to-day, except one or two of the better sorts, and those we’ll halve.
From Haviland's Chum by Bertram Mitford
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
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
Yet these last words he uttered so lingeringly that I could see he was ready to weep with vexation at finding the better sorts of books so expensive.
From Poor Folk by C. J. Hogarth
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
