King James, by the destruction of the castle, endeavored to show fitting respect to the memory of his mother and no doubt hoped to wipe out the recollection of his friendly relations with Queen Elizabeth after she had caused the death of Mary.
— from British Highways and Byways from a Motor Car Being a Record of a Five Thousand Mile Tour in England, Wales and Scotland by Thos. D. (Thomas Dowler) Murphy
Many men saw him go, but they feared his evil eye and the might of his magic, and none dared to stay him."
— from Tom Burnaby: A Story of Uganda and the Great Congo Forest by Herbert Strang
After the apostasy from the Church of Christ, the mother of harlots made all nations drunken with the wine of her fornication, divided up into fragments, without prophets, seers or revelators.
— from Reminiscences of Joseph, the Prophet, and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon by Edward Stevenson
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