SYN: Zenith, summit, culmination, height, apex, acme, pinnacle.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

It should, therefore, be the object of every Mason, to avoid the censure or reproach of his Brethren, by strictly confining himself as a point within that circle of duty which, at his first initiation, was presented to him as an object worthy of his consideration.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

She clad herself as a pilgrim, and, leaving a letter for her mother-in-law, secretly set out for Florence.
— from Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

But Sandy chose him as a poet.
— from The Delectable Mountains by Arthur Colton

Three broad leathern straps confined his arms; and perfectly motionless, held in a perpendicular position by cordage fixed to the ground, and to the beam above, he awaited his death.
— from A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by William Duthie

The workshop section of a Cavalry Supply Column has an artificer personnel made up of fitters, turners, blacksmiths, electricians, and carpenters—the latter known in Army parlance as "wheelers."
— from The Motor-Bus in War Being the Impressions of an A.S.C. Officer during Two and a Half Years at the Front by A. M. Beatson

We can seldom divest ourselves of the idea of a body belonging to him, though this was confessedly human, and can seldom consider him as a pure principle or fountain of divine life and light to men.
— from A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 Taken from a View of the Education and Discipline, Social Manners, Civil and Political Economy, Religious Principles and Character, of the Society of Friends by Thomas Clarkson

Fox told him that when he impeached Lord Sandwich, he should consider him as a principal witness.
— from George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by George Augustus Selwyn

"The analytic reader," for whom Homer did not sing, catches him at another place.
— from The World of Homer by Andrew Lang

His complexion was decidedly 'sandy,' with short, curling hair and a prodigious mustache.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

He glared at her, and raised his hand with the intention of striking her, but she caught his arm and prevented him.
— from Miser Farebrother: A Novel (vol. 3 of 3) by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon