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"There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out."

From The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)

She does so, and he looks observingly at John, and then goes to the table, and makes a noise with the bag on the table.

From The Drone A Play in Three Acts by Mayne, Rutherford

Lawrence looked observingly from one face to another.

From The End of a Coil by Warner, Susan

There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out, is a comprehensive maxim, which sounds as if it came straight from Shakespeare's lips.

From Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays by Lee, Sidney, Sir

"There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would man observingly distil it out."

From Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated by Robinson, Solon