Don't be angry with me for exercising an old woman's privilege.
But much the greater mass of the illustrations of his philosophy indicate that, while engaged on his poem he must have passed much of his time in the open air, exercising at once the keen observation of a naturalist and the contemplative vision of a poet.
Subsequently, Banffy still further exasperated the opposition by exercising undue influence during the elections of 1896.
If it be not the same it shows the Corinthian church exercising discipline independently of apostolic advice.
The officials were called by two names, "elders" and "bishops," the former denoting the office, the latter the function (exercising the oversight).