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King Arthur, to set example to his knights, first essayed, and pulled at it eagerly, but the sword would not out.

From A Biography of Sidney Lanier by Mims, Edwin

What the Bible teach me is to lob de Lor'-be good myself, and set example fo'h oders.

From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

We should set example in these respects, not follow in the selfish and vulgar greed for territory which Europe has inherited from mediaeval times.

From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by Hoar, George Frisbie

And so to set example in the eyes Of Fancy's lads, and give a broadish hint to them, All his cups were of such ample size That he got into them.

From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas

I must not," answered the Master of Ravenswood, "challenge the freedom of speech in which I have set example.

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir