The expulsion of Tobiah the Ammonite from the room which had been assigned him in the temple by Eliashib, the high priest, was apparently due to two reasons, first because Tobiah was persona non grata to Nehemiah and had already shown himself a dangerous foe to the Jews.

Steinbeck finds flyers show little feeling over foe or war.

Death of a foe.

In aid of a foe.

Her secret foe.

the wily foe, not lurking far, May soon corrupt and desecrate your rest.

My courage swells, while Thou art near, Nor foe nor accident I fear, Though wild the billows be.

If sin, the sting of Death, His Holiness could draw; Why render up His breath Unto a conquered foe? Either, he fallible must be, Or sin hath gained the victory.

I thank Thee, O my heavenly Father, for this discovery; and humbly but confidently, ask Thy protection from my foe.

Bold, in her weakness, close the foe pursued, And oft the bitter conflict was renewed; Conqu'ror at last, she calmly soared away, And left a smile upon the passive clay.

p. 429), "sincere and faithful, a warm friend and an implacable foe, at once replied to the duke, 'Most high and puissant prince, I suppose your letters to have been dictated by your council and highest clerics, who are folks better at letter-making than I am, for I have not lived by quill-driving. . . .

But though here was for the future his only real adversary, Louis XI. continued, and with reason, to regard the Duke of Burgundy as his most formidable foe, and never ceased to look about for means and allies wherewith to encounter him.

During all this time she had a rival and foe in Louis, Duke of Orleans, who was one day to be Louis XII.

Had the foe a fleet he might have expected an attack that way, but he knew that for the present the British and Americans controlled Andiatarocte.

"I come in the canoe of a foe," he said.

CHAPTER X IN THE FOG When Robert went into the fog and began to creep from stump to stump, his imagination leaped up at once and put a foe at every point in front of him.

Willet's band was reënforced also from the camp, and his line extended to meet that of the foe.

He used all the skill that he had learned in the forest to secure an opportunity for the taking of his foe's life.

Those who don't know him always underrate our French foe.

The foe came with the twilight.

"We are ready for the foe, though St. Luc himself should come.

Please God, might I behold him In epauletted white, I should not fear the foe then, I should not fear the fight.

I wanted you to face the foe.

The deadly missiles smite you on every side, but there is no revealing flash by which you can locate your foe.

And the church of Jesus Christ is called to lead in the battle with this foe.