It is therefore worthy of notice that, as the chosen nation is carefully traced by revelation back to a holy family, so the national festival did not ignore the family tie, but consecrated it.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
In this manner the time passed until Twelfth Night, on the day of which festival both engineers returned to Medinet.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
On the day when she was considered well enough to go into the drawing-room, there was a festival made in her honor.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade