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Being is pleased to see people following the worthiest object; and the question is, What is the _worthiest? _ "

Daisy in the Field Susan Warner 1852

Bonny Mulgro, as we must call the worthiest foe that Smith's prowess encountered, appeared upon the field.

Captain John Smith Charles Dudley Warner 1864

But Bonny Mulgro, as we must call the worthiest foe that

The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

No. It is a gift He will give you -- as the crown and the palm of the worthiest will be His free gift at last.

The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened 1859

It was probably much more ancient: but it was, however, attended with very great and pernicious inconveniencies, as it was obviously an affair of difficulty to determine who should be called the worthiest of the blood; and a door being always left open for ambition, this order introduced a greater mischief than it was intended to remedy.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

-- what we are fittest (worthiest, that is) to do, and what is best worth doing?

On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859

The idea underlying the proposal is to allow patent applicants to benefit from the combined knowledge of field experts, ensuring that only the "worthiest" inventions get the 20-year grant of monopoly rights that come with an approved patent.

Archive 2005-07-01 Peter Zura 2005

So then always that knowledge is worthiest which is charged with least multiplicity, which appeareth to be metaphysic; as that which considereth the simple forms or differences of things, which are few in number, and the degrees and co-ordinations whereof make all this variety.

The Advancement of Learning 2003

"After you've publicly called her worthiest, fairest, and purest?

This Scepter'd Isle Lackey, Mercedes 2004

So then always that knowledge is worthiest which is charged with least multiplicity, which appeareth to be metaphysic; as that which considereth the simple forms or differences of things, which are few in number, and the degrees and co-ordinations whereof make all this variety.

The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593