honestest

• But there were a few men in the House, and some out of it, who regarded Mr. Monk as the honestest and most patriotic politician of the day The debate was long and stormy, but was peculiarly memorable for the skill with which Mr. Daubeny's higher colleagues defended the steps they were about to take. —  Phineas Redux
• Lor. Give me thy hand; thou art the honestest, kind man!--I was resolved I would not out of thy house till I had seen thee Gom. —  The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06
• An' the odds are I should ask the honestest-lookin' fellow handy to give a guess for me. —  Hocken and Hunken
• She is the sweetest-tempered, honestest, worthiest young creature; indeed, as to her beauty, I do not commend her on that account, though all men allow she is the handsomest woman, gentle or simple, that ever appeared in the parish." —  Joseph Andrews, Volume 2
• "The 'honestest' playing in all the world; not the political game, not the money game, not anything called manly sport, just a day off with my boys, being a boy again. —  Michael O'Halloran

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