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

History showeth no ensample of a man so vile since the Emperor Alexander removed his shadow from before the tub of Diogenes.'

From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford, Ford Madox

Angelo thought a moment and answered, humbly, "I give them an ensample of holiness."

From The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales by Van Dyke, Henry

He shall have the seeking for the Hesperides or the city of Atalanta, where still the golden age remains to be a model and ensample for us.'

From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford, Ford Madox

This noble ensample to his shepe he yaf,— That first he wrought, and afterwards he taught.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John