But all these years Felice had passed in prayer and charity, entertaining pilgrims and tired wayfarers, and comforting the sick and the distressed.
— from Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People by Hamilton Wright Mabie

Aided by his early literary success, he became a prosperous man, held a well-paid post at court, entered Parliament, and was pensioned by the government.
— from Romance: Two Lectures by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir

The Japanese show a refined taste in the coloring and decoration of rooms; natural woods, painted and polished, are common; every post and board standing erect must stand in the position in which it grew.
— from Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Sidney Lewis Gulick

The logic of this will be apparent to any one who has ever been a host or a guest at a week-end party, a classification embracing practically all Caucasians over eleven years of age who can put powder on the nose or tie a bow-tie.
— from Of All Things by Robert Benchley

Complete, finish, perfect, accomplish, compass, effect, perform, achieve, execute, do, carry out, bring about, work out.
— from A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology by Richard Soule

Synonyms: acclaim, approbation, compliment, laudation, acclamation, approval, encomium, panegyric, adulation, cheering, eulogy, plaudit, applause, cheers, flattery, sycophancy.
— from English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

Ung aultre tableau de ecce homo ung escripteau pendu au col et petitz anges en chiefs, tenant en une main ung fouet et verges et en l'autre une canne, le fond rouge.
— from The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Eleanor E. Tremayne