299 "The Templars were large builders, and Jacques du Molay alleged the zeal of his Order in decorating churches in the process against him in 1310; hence the alleged connexion of Templary and Freemasonry is bound to have a substratum of truth."
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster
So that, when we mentioned the period of his lectures at the College as on so many accounts the zenith of his career, there was the serious drawback arising from a certain diminution of strength which had never been, at best, equal to the physical fatigue of his multiform avocations.
— from Memoirs of John Abernethy With a View of His Lectures, His Writings, and Character; with Additional Extracts from Original Documents, Now First Published by George Macilwain
Close by the monasteries are the "zeyats," or homes
— from Peeps at Many Lands: Burma by R. Talbot (Robert Talbot) Kelly
Various persons had been racked for similar offences; but the energy of Margaret and the zeal of her adherents were still unexhausted and unconquered.
— from The Last of the Barons — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
It was after two or three weeks' residence in Shack's hospitable quarters that Mud attained the zenith of his popularity and became mascot of the class of 188-.
— from At Start and Finish by William Lindsey
Melanchthon at the Zenith of his Career.
— from Luther, vol. 3 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar
3. Melanchthon at the Zenith of His Career.
— from Luther, vol. 3 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar
[1358] ‘Vendôme arrived at this moment to call into action the spirit of the monarch and the zeal of his subjects.’
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle
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