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He was evidently acquainted with and known to the churches to whom this letter was addressed, and, therefore, is chosen to carry Peter's message to them Now I would suggest, in passing, how Sylvanus' relations to the two Apostles throws light upon the perfectly cordial alliance between them, and how it shatters into fragments the theory which was thought to be such a wonderful discovery some years ago, as to the 'great schism' in the early church between one section, led by Peter, and the more liberal party, headed by Paul.— Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
"Don't you know us any more The young man they addressed, a tall fellow of Irish parentage, who stood on the sidewalk, turned swiftly.— Dave Porter in the Gold Fields The Search for the Landslide Mine
She guessed that the man addressed was the one that lay now between her and the stove, and his ears were for ever closed.— A Girl of the Klondike
If the king's "arrogant speeches" woke resentment in the Parliaments to which they were addressed, they created by sheer force of repetition a certain amount of belief in the arbitrary power they challenged for the Crown.— History of the English People, Volume V (of 8) Puritan England, 1603-1660
It was then addressed--"To the hands of our very dear Lady, the Lady Joan Basset, at Drayton Manor, in the county of Stafford, be these delivered with speed.— The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century

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