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supererogation





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For any organization to have notified him of his nomination would have been supererogation.

From Time Magazine Archive

This rule has been rigorously adhered to by the Administration for twenty years past, and in some instances, a tolerable ignorance of English has been added, as a merit of supererogation.

From A Trip to Cuba by Howe, Julia Ward

A new work on the subject of Mary Queen of Scots runs an eminent risk of being considered a work of supererogation.

From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford

Somebody assumed to excuse Miss Dickinson,  by saying that she gave up other and far more lucrative engagements for this; but it was entirely a work of supererogation.

From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail

It were no less than supererogation to adduce evidences of the romantic spirit of the age of Shakespeare.

From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias




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