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These rapscallion traders have been puttin 'it all over poor Tui Tulifau, the best-hearted old monarch that ever sat a South Sea throne an' mopped grog-root from the imperial calabash.

THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN 2010

Madame Evangelista, to all appearance the best-hearted woman in the world, had, in the depths of her nature, a fearful quality, explainable only by

A Marriage Contract 2007

Now my dear mother, being the kindest and best-hearted of all women, could not bear that poor dear Ruth (who would some day have such a fortune), should be entirely lost to us.

Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

Ye're very vain o 'yoursel' -- but maybe at your time o 'life it's not a very great fault to have a decent bump o' self-conceit; you're the best-hearted, most honourable-minded, pleasantest lad I know any where, and very like some nephews of my own in the Company's service: ye'll be a baronet when your father dies, and as rich as a Jew.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Various

You were young and strong, with plenty of good spirits and sufficient ability to earn yourself an honorable living, and you had won the love of the most beautiful and best-hearted woman I have known.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 Various

Most of the tricks were harmless, and ended in good-natured fun, for Jack was one of the best-hearted lads in the world.

Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range Clarence Young

I had a comrade of the same kind during the greater part of my life; his name was Williams, and he was one of the best-hearted men I ever knew.

The Yankee Tea-party Or, Boston in 1773 Henry C. Watson

Montague, the best-looking, the best-hearted, and the weakest of his race.

Kate Coventry An Autobiography G. J. Whyte-Melville

There is scarcely anything that Selbie doesn't do, and he does all things well -- the best shot, the best rider, the best fencer, the best dancer of his set, and the best-hearted.

Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden Charles Garvice

"He is the best-hearted fellow I know," said Ingram warmly.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 Various