point of character
Example Sentences
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He found the young Lord Sherbrooke all that he had been represented to be in every good point of character, and less in every evil point.
From The King's Highway by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
None fitter for the place since Great Elizabeth—whom, by the way, she seems to me to resemble in more than one point of character and temperament.
From The Great Miss Driver by Hope, Anthony
And here we would remark a great difference, in point of character and quality, between the two classes of trappers, the "American" and "French," as they are called in contradistinction.
From The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West by Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de
This subterfuge, to call it by its lightest name, shows that plain truth is not a point of character most strenuously sought after by the Old Spirit.
From Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
They were entirely on the point of character.
From The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays by Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell)