Shepherd A word naturally of frequent occurrence in Scripture. […] This word is used figuratively to represent the relation of rulers to their subjects and of God to his people.

The beginning of [Theodore] Parker's own perplexities was almost coetaneous with the establishment of Brook Farm, for his 'Discourse of the Transient and Permanent in Religion,' which was preached at the ordination of Mr. Shackford in South Boston, on May 19, 1841, occasioned the division of the religious community for and against him.

But at this critical moment the pirate astern sent a mischievous shot and knocked one of the men to atoms at the helm.

I never heard a word about a bit of skirt. Not like some blokes you meet — they're born out of one and they try to spend the rest of their lives getting back in.