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  • Nelly was the kindest and best-humoured wench — we might have a word now and then about a gown or a ribbon, but a kinder soul on the whole, and a more careful, considering her years, till you come — and what is she now! —

    The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

  • I assure you, as to the man; for he was the best-humoured man that every woman had, but his circumstances were not so good as I imagined, as, on the other hand, he had not bettered himself by marrying so much as he expected.

    Moll Flanders 2003

  • Then he told us he did not doubt but that the captain, who was one of the best-humoured gentlemen in the world, would be easily brought to accommodate us as well as we could desire, and, to make me easy, told me he would go up the next tide on purpose to speak to the captain about it.

    Moll Flanders 2003

  • It is all the best-humoured affair imaginable, refreshingly full of country airs and brisked up with a fine flavour of romance.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919 Various

  • I begin to love Frisk: it is the best-humoured impertinent thing in the world: he is always too in waiting, and will certainly carry me off one time or other.

    The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 George A. Aitken

  • In short, we were married, and very happily married on my side, I assure you, as to the man; for he was the best-humoured man that every woman had, but his circumstances were not so good as I imagined, as, on the other hand, he had not bettered himself by marrying so much as he expected.

    The Fortunes And Misfortunes Of The Famous Moll Flanders Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 1923

  • Then he told us he did not doubt but that the captain, who was one of the best-humoured gentlemen in the world, would be easily brought to accommodate us as well as we could desire, and, to make me easy, told me he would go up the next tide on purpose to speak to the captain about it.

    The Fortunes And Misfortunes Of The Famous Moll Flanders Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 1923

  • James thought of Pritchard-Wallace, gentlest and best-humoured of men.

    The Hero 1919

  • From the best-humoured and most careless fellow in the world, he became silent, thoughtful, irritable toward everyone except

    The Blue Flower 1902

  • From the best-humoured and most careless fellow in the world, he became silent, thoughtful, irritable toward everyone except

    The Blue Flower Henry Van Dyke 1892

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