...I say, in good reputation; for otherwise thereis no death but would be preferable to such a life... 
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 「The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha」
... “Even the vinegar which that ruffian Brogard served us at Calais was preferable to this...
Baroness Orczy 「El Dorado」
...There is a class of them permanently resident in Clarence, the citymen of Fernando Po, and these are very like the Sierra Leonians of FreeTown, but preferable...
Mary H. Kingsley 「Travels in West Africa」
...Its utility, in forming theinstruments of war and husbandry, make it preferable to allothers, and iron soon became the measure by which the value ofall other commodities was ascertained...
Mungo Park 「Travels in the Interior of Africa, Vol. 1 [of 2]」
...—Thesetwo muscles are blended together by their fleshybodies, so that the single name of proper extensor of the thumband index is preferable...
Édouard Cuyer 「Artistic Anatomy of Animals」
...Coarse hay full of weeds is preferable totimothy or other tame hays, except alfalfa...
A. R. Harding 「Fur Farming」
...Of the two evils,starving is preferable to surfeit...
Richard L. Allen 「Domestic Animals」
...The feathering on thighs andtail should be very profuse, and it is preferable that itshould be of a lighter colour than the rest of the coat...
Mrs. Leslie Williams 「A Manual of Toy Dogs」
...Therefore, for those regions, a setter is more preferable...
Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson 「The Dog」
...I have used it as an emetic, though, rarely; as, for ordinarycircumstances, there are preferable agents at command; but for some time Ihave abandoned its employment as a parturient for the bitch...
Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson 「The Dog」
...A lancet is by far the bestimplement; and even a short-pointed penknife is preferable to thebungling gleam...
Robert Jennings 「Sheep, Swine, and Poultry」
...Regard should be hadto plumage, size, and form, in making a selection either of a cock or apullet; and those are preferable which are hatched earliest in the year...
Robert Jennings 「Sheep, Swine, and Poultry」
...The large breed, though less prolific, is preferable inrearing chickens for the market, or for making capons...
Robert Jennings 「Sheep, Swine, and Poultry」
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