Word: paragone
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...decided by time and the critics, but the question is not one which concerns his biographer. The facts about Stevenson have all come from persons who were more interested in preserving his character than in portraying the man himself. The result has been the creation of a myth, a paragon of virtues, but nowhere a hint of his limitations, his lapses from the accepted path, which undoubtedly influenced his writings...
...powerful was he, that Députés obeyed his orders. So meticulous was he in carrying out his duty, that he inspected the food being cooked in the kitchen of the Chambre restaurant "to see if it were poisoned." He was a model of devotion, a paragon of a Secret Police inspector...
...Buffalo, Tilden, tennis man, was beanten twice. He met Alonso, paragon rfom Aragon, in the finals of the invitation singles. The result was: 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. Alonso covered the court sensationally and was unbeatable in the second set. Tilden favored his ankle, wrenched the day previous in the 'doubles...
...paragon from Aragon...
Proteus. No; but she is an earthly paragon...