He never had a better opportunity for preaching from his favourite text of Peace and Union, and he used it characteristically, Championing the cause of the Scotch Presbyterians, asserting the firmness of their loyalty, smoothing over trading grievances by showing elaborately how both sides benefited from the arrangements of the Union, launching shafts in every direction at his favourite butts, and never missing a chance of exulting in his own superior wisdom.
"Daniel Defoe"
William Minto
Yet she, so frail, so timid, was the one member of the community who had set herself to do the work of a giant-that of Championing all ill-used and suffering creatures, wild or tame, holding a protecting shield over them against the innate brutality of the people.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
Nor did she have the slightest premonition of how much this readily-avowed Championing of a stranger was to cost her.
"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"
Pauline Lester