We have ministers of religion who do not hesitate to hold up to ridicule and contempt the essential doctrines and self-denying precepts of their own faith; and attempt, as far as the influence of their example can extend, to banish all serious and devout piety from the social circle.
— from The Sheepfold and the Common; Or, Within and Without. Vol. 1 (of 2) by Timothy East

In accordance with this recommendation, a canon to establish “deaconesses or sisters” was reported to the convention.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 20, October 1874‐March 1875 by Various

The amount of supporting surface had been reduced by about eighty square feet, and a change had been made in the lever that turned the rudder and controlled the equilibrating device.
— from Historic Inventions by Rupert Sargent Holland

They do not tell them plainly, "You will go to hell if you live on the fat of the poor, and live a bestial life," although they know that the rich are condemned to eternal death by such behaviour.
— from A History of the Moravian Church by J. E. (Joseph Edmund) Hutton

In 1823 royalty conceived the scheme of restoring the ruin and completing the entire design in accordance with certain original plans which had been preserved.
— from Heart of Europe by Ralph Adams Cram