the better sorts
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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 C. J. Hogarth
Of course they're rather dull, but then you get very few of the better sorts.
From Priscilla's Spies by George A. Birmingham
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 James Joseph Walsh
These wilding trees are, in the main, more hardy than the improved varieties, hence are largely employed as stocks for the better sorts, as well as for the plum and apricot.
From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Andrew S. Fuller
We’ll start you with all we take to-day, except one or two of the better sorts, and those we’ll halve.
From Haviland's Chum by Bertram Mitford
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