The Moorish historians describe this resolute man in colours that seem hardly consistent with his strong imperious policy: nevertheless, they describe him faithfully as "the mildest and most enlightened sovereign that ever ruled a country.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole

The list of officers, as finally prepared and submitted to the meeting, was as follows: President Mark Elmer, Jun. Vice-President and General Manager Mark Elmer, Sen. Treasurer Ellen R. Elmer.
— from Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida by Kirk Munroe

He is unquestionably the philosopher most worthy of the name, who unites to the most accurate knowledge of mind, the most accurate knowledge of all the physical objects amid which he is placed; who makes each science, to each, reciprocally a source of additional illumination; and who learns, from both, the noblest of all the lessons which they can give,—the knowledge and adoration of that divine Being, who has alike created, and adapted to each other, with an order so harmonious, the universe of matter, and the universe of thought.
— from Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind (Vol. 1 of 3) by Thomas Brown

This monarch was the most enlightened sovereign that ever reigned on the throne of India.
— from Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern by Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Armstrong) Reed

The last of the trio of great rulers, though brave, was described as “the mildest and most enlightened sovereign that ever ruled {102} a country.”
— from Old Continental Towns by Walter M. (Walter Matthew) Gallichan

And yet the Edinburgh Reviewers recognised Stewart as the writer of a more exquisite style than even Robertson.
— from Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Hugh Miller

It is supposed by the most eminent seismologists that earthquake regions around a volcano, and earthquake regions apparently disconnected from any outlet, differ only in this respect, that in the one case the subterranean forces have had sufficient power to produce the phenomena of eruption, while in the other they have not.
— from Light Science for Leisure Hours A series of familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, &c. by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor