I never doubted the devotion of the Russian nobles, but today it has surpassed my expectations.
The result surpassed his expectations.
His boyhood was spent with a grandmother in Middletown, Connecticut; and prior to his entering college he had read widely in English literature and history, had surpassed most boys in the extent of his Greek and Latin work, and had studied several modern languages.
The splendour and luxury of the court of Philip surpassed that of any contemporary sovereign.
He also displays in this work a considerable knowledge of the Rabbinical writings and a skilful polemical method which was surpassed by none of the later anti-Jewish writers.