1746 examples of good of in sentences

You cannot say too much good of poor Norris and his poor wife.

he muttered; then resumed, as if no one had interrupted: "Very good of you, Gilly.

" "It is very good of you," I said; whereupon he bowed as gracefully as a man may who is propped up in bed with a heap of pillows; and having thus exchanged broadsides of civility, so to speak, weor, at least, Iproceeded to business.

"It's good of you to say so," said Piers.

The distinction between matter and form to which I am here alluding also holds good of conversation.

What's the good of petitioning?

I wish it may bring me a little good of you all.

But even such objections must from the nature of our population be but temporary in their duration, and if it were otherwise our course should be the same, for the time is yet, I hope, far distant when those intrusted with power to be exercised for the good of the whole will consider it either honest or wise to purchase local favors at the sacrifice of principle and general good.

'So good of you,' he murmured.

" "Honor, holy Augustine, to thee and thy office!" said the Neapolitan, who, reckless and abandoned as he was, possessed that instinct of respect for those who deny their natures for the good of others which is common to all, however tainted by cupidity themselves.

"And it was very good of you to stand by me.

Individual welfare must be subordinated to the good of all, of which it forms only a part.

All that he desired was the good of the country, with which his interests were identified.

You see, John used to help Marion's band whenever he could spare the timehe was so anxious to do something for the good of his country, and he didn't know how else he could do it than by going off on an occasional expedition with Marion.

Cruel and ignorant, like their Gothic kindred, who had but lately overrun the Roman empire, they came, not for the good of others, but to accommodate themselves.

'What's the good of that?' asked Curlydown, as he passed rapidly under his own glass the stamps which it was his duty to inspect from day to day.

"So good of you," said Beth.

That Part of your Law which is reserved in your self for the readier Service and Good of the Publick, slight Men are eternally buzzing in our Ears to cover their own Follies and Miscarriages.

Latterly, indeed, he yielded to the suggestions of Genuino and d'Arpaya, that these things should be preserved for the good of the state, and for the purpose of presenting them as a donative to Philip IV.

And then, turning to Old Pipes, she said: "How good of you to let me out!

"Well, in the first place, it's very good of you to come.

What is the good of your (you) going now? 8.

As to his figure, I have heard little good of it.

If it be not sacrilege by the law, the greater the shame of the opposition in Parliament, who defeat so many other wholesome regulations, intended for the good of the subject.

But must keep it up, I suppose, for good of Inn; and Benchers (hang them!) have deputed me to take head of the table to-nightprobably because I look so desperately lively.

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