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For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

From A Voice of Warning An introduction to the faith and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Pratt, Parley P.

Keeping along the left arm of the river and through a fertile and populous district, he reached, in a few days, the city of Alexandria, which the Greeks have surnamed the Beautiful and the Golden.

From Thais by Douglas, Robert B. (Robert Bruce)

Yes," added Frederic, with a laugh; "and these good people have surnamed you, in consequence, 'The Lombard-eater.'

From Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Bolanden, Conrad von

For Jacob My servant's sake, and Israel Mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name; I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known Me.

From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

“I have surnamed thee though thou hast not known Me,” he would say to himself in his sleep. 

From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Whyte, Alexander