wise , at all, VIII a 300, IX 283; in the wise as , just as, XII a 101; other wise many fold , in many another fashion, XVII 54.
— from A Middle English Vocabulary, Designed for use with Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose by J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien
nevermore shall I behold with joy A Xanthus and a Simois again, Our Hector's streams? ne'er hear the name of Troy?
— from The Æneid of Virgil, Translated into English Verse by Virgil
The bishops of a country found it desirable to meet sometimes, that they might consult with each other, as we are told that the Apostles did at Jerusalem ( Acts xv.); and in most countries these meetings (which were called synods or councils ) came to be regularly held once or twice a year.
— from Sketches of Church History, from A.D. 33 to the Reformation by James Craigie Robertson
After the council at Jerusalem (Acts xv.), and after the dissension between Paul and Barnabas (ver. 39), the Apostle of the Gentiles, accompanied by Silas, took his journey through Syria and Cilicia.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Philippians by Robert Rainy
So that the children, and even his own family, including his mother, used to jeer at Xaïloun and tell him to go to his friend.
— from A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury
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