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• Manufactures of all kinds were suspended, and the public property was confiscated to supply the immediate wants of a starving and infuriated people. —  A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
• The rules having been suspended, the resolution was regularly before the House. —  History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
• From the roof a dim light is suspended, and candles stuck into glass bottles are placed upon the table. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
• Should any gentleman against whom complaint was made refuse to obey the mandate of the court of honour, he might be punished by fine and imprisonment; and when that was not possible, by reason of his absenting himself from the kingdom, his estates might be confiscated till his return Every man who sent a challenge, be the cause of offence what it might, was deprived of all redress from the court of honour--suspended three years from the exercise of any office in the state--was further imprisoned for two years, and sentenced to pay a fine of half his yearly income He who accepted a challenge was subject to the same punishment. —  Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
• Most of the men were fined or suspended, the bits of iron were discovered on the levers, and the stoker had a week's notice to clear out, and lock-up valves were fitted on every boiler and the keys kept in the manager's desk ever after 19. —  The Stoker's Catechism

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