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The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.

the court, which used to be the standard of propriety and correctness of speech

By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver.

I finished my twelfth standard with less than stellar marks.

It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here. I imagine the mouth of the road lay between this lamp standard and the second from the next down there.

His armies, in the following day, / On those fair plains their standards proud display.

In the more temperate parts of France [gardens are] part laid out for Flowers, others for Fruits, ſome Standards, ſome againſt Walls or Paliſades, …

Frolic, my lords; let all the standards walk, / Ply it till every man hath ta’en his load.

The scales generally showed on the face of the garment or defence, and we find body armour, gorgets, habergeons, standards or neck defences, and even the camailt of this class of armour.

Since standards are large dogs, they grow much more rapidly than miniatures and toys, which means that they require more supplements.