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His own marriage, to a physician's daughter, was childless; about the only thing he notes about his wife Elizabeth is her fondness for an "excellent and well-instructed parrot".

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2012

Then he listened with half-parted lips to his music as played by the well-instructed Sir Thomas.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only a well-instructed and coolheaded diver can be expected to repress the powerful instinct to hold his breath on making his way to the surface.

From Time Magazine Archive

So in truth it was, and so well-instructed Trinitarians will confess that it was.

From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks

Since, as a matter of fact, such customs are used by some Churchmen, every well-instructed person should know their meaning and the reason for their use.

From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by Regester, J. A. (Jacob Asbury)