Why, he dedicated himself to God, and vowed that the spot where he had enjoyed such a revelation and harkened to such exceeding great and precious promises, should be God's house.
— from Life and Times of David. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. VI by Charles Henry Mackintosh

That all private property shall be guaranteed to the citizens of the town of York.
— from The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 1 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. by Zebulon Montgomery Pike

All political parties should be given equal opportunities to present their claims before the people of the community.
— from Rural Life and the Rural School by Joseph Kennedy

And then came allusion to a project we had started on the night of the reading, that a private play should be got up by us on his return from Italy.
— from The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster

Among the Monkeys of the Old Continent a prominent place should be given to the Proboscis Monkey ( Nasalis larvatus ), who is endowed—I may not say, ornamented—with a nose of the most grotesque character and formidable dimensions.
— from The Desert World by Arthur Mangin

unknown secret, 131-l. Action an essential part of Masonry; work required, 152-l. Action greater than writing, 350-u. Actions, importance of small, 173-m. Actions, in ordinary spheres are opportunities for the noblest, 350-m. Actions, more apparent than real, are the criticised rewards of Good or Evil, 705-l. Action and opposition of contrary forces bring Harmony, 859-l. Active and Passive; Great First Cause divided into the, 653-l. Active and Passive Principles gave birth to the Universal Soul idea, 664-m. Active and Passive Principles, Light and Darkness symbols of, 404-l. Active and Passive Principles symbolized by generative parts, 401-l. Active and Passive principles symbolized by Jachin and Boaz, 860-m. Active and Passive Symbols;
— from Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

"A prominent place should be given to chronicles and histories, in whatever language they may be obtained; for they are wonderfully useful in understanding and regulating the course of the world, and in disclosing the marvelous works of God.
— from Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 1: Luther on the Creation by Martin Luther

The earliest allusion I have met to this is an order by Cardinal Manrique in 1529, and, in 1540, formal instructions were issued that, when a prisoner asks for a confessor, if the case admits of it, a proper person should be given to him.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2 by Henry Charles Lea