But, if during the Black Plague, simple credulity came to their aid, which seized, as a consolation, the grossest delusion of religious enthusiasm, yet it is evident that the leaders must have been intimately united, and have exercised the power of a secret association.
— from The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania by J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl) Hecker

Fortunately, Easter week brought two days of rest every year for the ponies, namely, Holy Thursday and Good Friday.
— from The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule by Foreman, John, F.R.G.S.

It was made possible, in default of any previous written documents of revelation, even yet to regard the Old Testament in essentials as the authoritative book of the new faith, and as a preparatory testimony to the final revelation which appeared in Jesus.
— from The Christ Myth by Arthur Drews