Ablest
[eɪblɪst]
Examples
- Then came Julius Griffith, in 1821, of Brompton, who patented a steam carriage which was built by Joseph Bramah, one of the ablest mechanics of his time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Twombly, Vanderbilt's ablest son-in-law, who made a success of it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Rawlins, who proved himself one of the ablest speakers in the State. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- One of the ablest of the Church Fathers regretted his early education and said that it woul d have been better for him if he had never heard of Democritus. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Send with it Wright's best division or division under his ablest commander. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Holland, Germany, France, England and America have, through some of their ablest hydraulic engineers and inventors, produced most remarkable results in these various forms of pumps. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I have said before that Hamer was one of the ablest men Ohio ever produced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In his death the army lost one of its ablest, purest and best generals. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Greece in the days of her glory greatly improved the art, and some of her ablest men wrote valuable treatises on its different topics. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The most careful attendance upon the ablest instructions of any private teacher cannot always give any title to demand them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They took one of my ablest jokes and read it over carefully twice and then read it backwards. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Johnston, his ablest and best generals. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Hamer, one of the ablest men Ohio ever produced, was our member of Congress at the time, and had the right of nomination. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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