What hard mishap him brought to such distresse, And made that caitives thrall, the thrall of wretchedness

The commendability of actions within a practice by an accepted standard may occur by a non-rational standard.

According to a takkanah (enactment) of the chief rabbinate of Palestine in 1943, in Israel daughters inherit on an equal footing with sons.

He was a fragrant poison, a zephyred pestilence spread through all the city.