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Mr. Lowell evinces the firmest faith in his passion, which is evidently as sincere as it is well-bestowed.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 by Various

With that his mother kneeled down on her knees, saying, 'I pray God strengthen thee, my son, to the end; yea, I think thee as well-bestowed as any child that ever I bare.'

From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland