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I was so solicitous to know if he were really as bad as thou hast a knack of painting every body whom thou singlest out to exercise thy murdering pen upon, that I dispatched a man and horse to Maidstone, as soon as I had thine; and had word brought me, that he died in two hours after he had received thy five guineas.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

The Lord loveth faith in a difficulty best, — it is the singlest and the cleanliest, it is that which most honoureth him, and glorifieth his truth and faithfulness, and sufficiency and mercy; for then it is most purely elevated above creatures, and pitcheth most on God; and therefore bringeth men to this, “No help for my soul, but thou art my portion.”

The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hugh Binning 1640

You screwed up, you have not the singlest shred of credibility in things regarding financial regulation.

Atlantic Review 2009