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But she had hallowed it in his eyes, and he would have been only too happy to have worn a shred of it near his heart, as a talisman.

From The Small House at Allington by Trollope, Anthony

Was he, as he ever used to be, surrounded by the friends he loved,—the old familiar faces around the hospitable hearth his kindliness had hallowed in my memory as something sacred?

From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Lever, Charles James

But Isabella was not one to waver in a determination when once formed; how might she break asunder links which the dead had hallowed?

From The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History by Aguilar, Grace

The spirit that of old had hallowed the shades of Academe presided over these gatherings.

From Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses by Adler, Felix

It was thought that, like Pitt, he would give up the ghost "with harness on," on the spot which his eloquence had hallowed.

From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Poore, Benjamin Perley