the better sorts

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Many of the inferior machines show marked improvements over the better sorts, so far as handiness goes, while there is nothing to hinder the handy from being good and the good handy.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various

Of the better sorts of the wild fruits that I have met with, I will barely give you the names, not designing a natural history.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert

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 Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)

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 Hogarth, C. J.

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 Walsh, James Joseph