The Bishop of Ostia here anointed the King on the right arm and neck and delivered the third oration.

And then mixed it with water, in which she bathed three times a day, taking care to anoint her head with "gode balm" afterwards.

On that occasion, the crafty enemy, having chosen a cold and snowy day, and having first warmed themselves at their fires, and anointed their bodies with oil, conquered us, though they were men that came from the south and a warm sun, by the aid (strange to say!) of our own winter.

Would God that such people, of whom there are too many, would take St. John's warning and buy of the Lord gold tried in the firethe true gold of honestythat they may be truly rich, and anoint their eyes with eye-salve that they may see themselves for once as they are.

And I took a certain substance called soap, but little known in this country, and anointed his feet therewith.

And Samuel anointed him king upon Israel, and said to him: Our Lord God hath anointed thee upon his heritage and ordained thee a prince, and thou shalt deliver his people from the hands of his enemies that be in the circuit and countries about, and so departed from him.

We had been robbed and humbugged, injured in pride and pocket, but the lagging hours anointed our wounds.

Hearken this, ye dainty perruquiers, "who look so brisk, and smell so sweet," and have such an exquisite knack of chirruping, and lisping, and sliding over the smooth edge of the under lip,and, sometimes, agreeably too,"an infinite deal of nothing,"ye who clip and anoint the hair of Old England's curled darlings!

&c. Outwardly used, as oil of nutmegs by extraction, or expression with rosewater to anoint the temples, oils of poppy, nenuphar, mandrake, purslan, violets, all to the same purpose.

Once we find him anointing all the hounds that had the mange "with Hogs Lard & Brimstone."

When a parishioner sent to ask him to attend a sick call, he could barely bring himself to anoint the dying man.

Who in all Israel was greater than he, even after he had anointed Saul to the kingly office?

They anoint their skins with goats tallow, mixed up with the juice of certain herbs, which thickens the skin, and defends them against the cold, of which they complain much, although their country is so far to the south.

Nor were water and air baths alone used; the people made use of scented oils to anoint their persons, and perfumed the water itself with the most precious essences.

The custom of anointing every thing or person destined for a sacred purpose is of venerable antiquity.

It is good overnight to anoint the face with hare's blood, and in the morning to wash it with strawberry and cowslip water, the juice of distilled lemons, juice of cucumbers, or to use the seeds of melons, or kernels of peaches beaten small, or the roots of Aron, and mixed with wheat bran to bake it in an oven, and to crumble it in strawberry water, or to put fresh cheese curds to a red face.

Gradually he learnt, as all Israel learnt, that Samuel had anointed David to be king, and that he, Jonathan, was in danger of not succeeding after Saul's death.

At this thought jealousy sharpens her wit and she remembers that the dying centaur had advised her to save some of his blood and, if ever occasion should come for her to wish to bring back her husband's love, to anoint his garment with it.

It would appear that Elijah did not himself anoint either the general of Benhadad or of Ahab as future kings,instruments of punishment on idolatrous Israel,but on Elisha did his mantle fall.

The king waited for a favourable day and then bathed and anointed his grandson.

He hears the word of the Lord: "Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria, and Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat to be prophet in thy room.

They came like priests of the nether world, anointing each house with oil from the petrol flasks and with a firebrand dedicating it to the flames.

Elisha took no part in the revolutions of the palace, but he anointed Jehu to be king over Israel, and predicted to Hazael his future elevation.

p. 327. Agreeable to these passages of the Prophet, St. Peter tells us ('Acts' x. 38), 'God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and power'.

Why, if I do tell all I know about some things that have come to my cognizance, I shall make you open your eyes and spread your pupils, as if you had been to the Eye Infirmary, and the doctors there had anointed your lids with the extract of belladonna.