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Example sentences for "excell"

Lexicographically close words:
exceeding; exceedingly; exceeds; excel; excelente; excelled; excellence; excellences; excellencie; excellencies
  1. Their Poyterelles of golde, set with Pearle and stone different in collours; the beautie of the one striuing to excell the beautie of the other.

  2. But here is meete to be knowne howe that woorde is taken amonges them two wayes, for generally all they which excell other in any promotion are called Beggi.

  3. O well-knit Sampson, strong ioynted Sampson; I doe excell thee in my rapier, as much as thou didst mee in carrying gates.

  4. I would with such perfection gouerne Sir: T' Excell the Golden Age Seb.

  5. Her Father is no better than an Earle, Although in glorious Titles he excell Suf.

  6. I am informed however, that Mr Powell resolves to excell his Adversaries in their own Way; and introduce Larks in his next Opera of Susanna, or Innocence betrayed, which will be exhibited next Week with a Pair of new Elders.

  7. In this respect why the Moderns excell the Ancients.

  8. Such as meane to excell in any Art, travell to find out the rarest workemen, purchase the choysest Copies; hee that hath true zeale, will strive to purge himselfe, as Christ is pure.

  9. Moreouer he did not onelie shew himselfe wise in words, but desired also to excell in staiednesse of maners, and continencie of life.

  10. Seeme to excell thine Arte And I will study to requite thy paynes.

  11. Here also is a Well Whose Waters do excell All waters thereabout; Both being in and out Ebbing and flowing.

  12. Howbeit I speake not this that a faythful seruaunt should be vnrewarded (a thing very requisite) but to inferre and proue that reward should excell the merite and seruice of the receiuer.

  13. And as he was of like yeres vnto him, so in shape and personage he did somwhat excell him.

  14. And as the funne in beautye and bryghtnesse doeth surmounte the other furniture of the Skies, euen so Magnyfycence, and liberality in ech Lady doth excell all other vertues, specially in those personages, that keepe the state of Princes.

  15. Arrianus in his history of Alexander, assigneth the first place unto the River Ganges; which truly according unto latter relations, if not in length, yet in breadth and depth may be granted to excell it.

  16. Again, if we credit the descriptions of good Authors, other Rivers excell it in length, or breadth, or both.

  17. Who doth so excell ‭ In others’ good to do himself an ill?

  18. Then saw I Chloris, that did so excell ‭ In answering beauties, that each part had all.

  19. And all the foule which in his flood did dwell Gan flock about these twaine, that did excell 120 The rest so far as Cynthia doth shend** The lesser stars.

  20. I never meant to excell you in waight nor price, but in number and bulke I thought I might: Because he may cast up a greater summe who hath but forty small moneyes, than hee with twenty Portuguesses.

  21. I never meant to excell you in weight nor price, but in number and bulk I thought I might, because he may cast up a greater summe who hath but forty small monies, then he with twenty Portuguesses.

  22. I shall next examine the other part of Addison's assertion, that the moderns excell the ancients in all the arts of Ridicule, and assign the reasons of this supposed excellence.

  23. The French, it must be confessed, infinitely excell every other nation in all things connected with spectacle, and more or less this spectacle pervades all their parties.

  24. Nothing can be more false: the French peasants infinitely excell the English of the same order in the knowledge and practice of this embellishment.

  25. Certaine Countries doe excell in the perfecte goodnesse of Honny, like as the famous Attica of Gréece, which for the excellencie of the Honny is hadde in great reputation throughout the world.

  26. Also the newnesse of Honny is likewise commended, as the auntientnesse of wines, but the Spring and Sommer Honny, especially if the vessell or hiue stande in a valley or bottome, and doeth excell in the waight of hande.

  27. The daughter doth excell the mother then: As pearles are better then the mother of pearle Maids loose their value wh[=e] they match with men.

  28. He tells us in quaint fashion, "Physicke is so studied and practised with the Egyptians that every disease hath his several physician, who striveth to excell in healing that one disease and not to be expert in curing many.

  29. Yet the singular passing beauty and maidenly majesty of the youngest daughter did so farre surmount and excell then two, as no earthly creature could by any meanes sufficiently expresse or set out the same.


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    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    excellent character; excellent dinner; excellent dish; excellent domestic and international; excellent effect; excellent example; excellent fellow; excellent food; excellent good; excellent health; excellent idea; excellent opportunity; excellent order; excellent painter; excellent paper; excellent plan; excellent preservation; excellent quality; excellent remedy; excellent road; excellent spirits; excellent supper; excellent thing; excellent vows; excellent wife; excellent work