I won't have my children telling me what I shall do and sha'n't do, or take on airs of being holier than me.
"A Hazard of New Fortunes, Part Fifth"
William Dean Howells
To the friend who tried to induce him to escape he replied that he seemed to hear the laws saying to him, "Our country is more to be valued and higher and holier far than father or mother.
"Practical Ethics"
William DeWitt Hyde
"We have come," his speech began, "to the holiest place in Ireland; holier to us even than the place where Patrick sleeps in Down.
"The Evolution of Sinn Fein"
Robert Mitchell Henry