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And by strong, I mean, not one so hale of body as to tower above the stoutest of the soldiery themselves; no, nor him whose skill to hurl a javelin or shoot an arrow will outshine the skilfullest; nor yet that mounted on the fleetest charger it shall be his to bear the brunt of danger foremost amid the knightliest horsemen, the nimblest of light infantry.

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For that reason such faces as those of Lord Rosebery, Mr. Asquith, and Mr. John Morley (of the latter of whom Mr. Furniss used to say the true characteristic expression is only to be found in his red cravat) are as often failures as successes, in even the skilfullest hands.

The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

Thus I haue giuen you the perfect portraiture of a well yoakt Plough, together with his Implements, and the vse of them, being the best which hath yet béene found out by any of our skilfullest English Husbandmen, whose practise hath béene vpon these déepe, stiffe, blacke clayes.

The English Husbandman The First Part: Contayning the Knowledge of the true Nature of euery Soyle within this Kingdome: how to Plow it; and the manner of the Plough, and other Instruments Gervase Markham

There was the strong earl, named Aldolf, he was of Gloucester, of all knights skilfullest; there in the land Aurehe made him his steward.

Roman de Brut. English Layamon

Never was a knot so cunningly twisted, nor with so many ins and outs, which roguishly defied the skilfullest fingers to disentangle them.

Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906

This, this was where Shooba had hidden them between a night and a morning, Shooba the "skilfullest workman on Hynds place."

A Woman Named Smith Marie Conway Oemler 1905

In consequence, any advance in the market value of the stock must be slow and uncertain under the skilfullest handling.

The Grafters Francis Lynde 1893

Trim the sail, ferryman, and steer thy skilfullest!

Idolatry A Romance Julian Hawthorne 1890

Now our eyes meet one another's frankly; the skilfullest counterfeit was worse than the worst reality.

The Subterranean Brotherhood Julian Hawthorne 1890

Never was a knot so cunningly twisted, nor with so many ins and outs, which roguishly defied the skilfullest fingers to disentangle them.

Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People Various 1880