But the fig-tree said unto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and mine excellent increase, - and go to wave to and fro, over the trees?

Claudius Lysias, unto the most excellent governor Felix, Joy!

both in all ways and in all places, are we accepting it, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.

Be envious, however, of the greater gifts; and, yet, a much more excellent way, unto you, I point out: -

Into myriads - like the bud of the field, made I thee, And thou didst increase and become well grown, and didst attain to most excellent adornments, - Thy breasts were well-formed And thy hair was grown, But thou thyself wast utterly naked.

Now we know that, excellent, is the law, if one put it to a lawful use: -

For how excellent it is! Yea how beautiful! Corn, shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens.

it seemed good, even to me, having closely traced from the outset all things accurately, to write unto thee, in order, most excellent Theophilus:

when he showed the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the splendour of his excellent majesty, many days, a hundred and eighty days;

Overflowed hath my heart, with an excellent theme, I will recite my poem concerning the king, Be, my tongue, like the pen of a scribe who is skilled.

A joyful heart, worketh an excellent cure, - but, a stricken spirit, drieth up the bone.

But, to reprovers, one should be pleasant, and, upon them, should come an excellent blessing:

Lo! what, I myself, have seen - Better that it should be excellent to eat and to drink and to see blessedness, in all one's toil wherein one toileth under the sun, for the number of the days of his life, in that God hath given it him, for, that, is his portion: