"Well, Burt's good-hearted, but sometimes he mislays his judgment," said Webb, laughing.
"Nature's Serial Story"
E. P. Roe
If she mislays, indeed, if she does not improve the power of self-criticism-that special dry American humour which the great Lincoln had-she might soon develop the intolerant provincialism which has so often been the bane of the earth and the undoing of nations.
"Another Sheaf"
John Galsworthy