Making all allowance for the freedom of Oriental manners from some modern refinements, one cannot but feel some surprise that such a scene should be possible on the streets of Jerusalem.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
But these differences are only refinements on Baboeuf's plan, and its main features remain-equality of conditions, nationalization of property, democratic tyranny, a uniform medium fatal to progress, an omnipresent mandarin control crushing out of the people that energy of character which W. von Humboldt said was the first and only virtue of man, because it was the root of all other excellence and advancement.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
But this decision in her case shows even higher moral worth, because by nature she is so keenly susceptible to the delicate refinements and graceful elegancies which are the natural accompaniment of rank and wealth.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind