H2 anchor Of Excommunication This part of the Power of the Keyes, by which men were thrust out from the Kingdome of God, is that which is called Excommunication; and to excommunicate, is in the Originall, Aposunagogon Poiein, To Cast Out Of The Synagogue; that is, out of the place of Divine service; a word drawn from the custom of the Jews, to cast out of their Synagogues, such as they thought in manners, or doctrine, contagious, as Lepers were by the Law of Moses separated from the congregation of Israel, till such time as they should be by the Priest pronounced clean.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

In the midst of depressing care and labor I turn constantly to divine Love for guidance, and find rest.
— from Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy

“’Tis my own dear city at last,” cried Peggy excitedly.
— from Peggy Owen, Patriot: A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison

And then the captain told the group of listeners that when the Corona was here last season, laying just off the Muir glacier, those on board were startled by the sudden appearance of a huge mass of dark crystal, as large as the steamer itself, which shot up from the depths and tossed the ship as though it had been an egg-shell.
— from The New Eldorado: A Summer Journey to Alaska by Maturin Murray Ballou

He thought this, as we have said; for he was not one to give utterance to what was passing in his mind: a door opened, and a man of dignified carriage and lofty stature stood before him, in whose presence even Antonio shrunk into insignificance.
— from The Prime Minister by William Henry Giles Kingston

" The few lines thus baldly summarized make up, as it seems to me, a little masterpiece of delicate conception and light workmanship: one which would surprise us from the lips of a letterless poet, were there not proof that no touch is so light and so sure as that of the artificer untaught in our own sense—the man or the woman who produces the intricate filigree, the highly wrought silver, the wood carving, the embroidery, the lace, the knitted wool rivalling the spider's web, the shawl with whose weft and woof a human life is interwoven.
— from Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington, contessa

The interiors of the cottages are dignified, with great beds made of dark chestnut and long, narrow tables, stretching the whole length of the rooms, polished and beeswaxed until you can see your face mirrored on the surface; but pigs will repose on the stone floor, which waves up and down with indentations and deep holes.
— from Brittany by Dorothy Menpes

Before mother or daughter could answer Larry's question the door bell rang, and, a moment later, the butler announced: "Some newspaper reporters, madam!"
— from Larry Dexter's Great Search; Or, The Hunt for the Missing Millionaire by Howard Roger Garis