the better sorts

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Of course they're rather dull, but then you get very few of the better sorts.

From Priscilla's Spies by Birmingham, George A.

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)

This was of various kinds, for the mountain was very rich in the better sorts of metals.

From The Princess and the Goblin by MacDonald, George

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 Mitford, Bertram

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