Forgotten in the midst of this excitement, I sat alone and watched the work of spoilation.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
At the beginning of the persecution they were passive, meekly submitting to reproach, spoilation, imprisonment, and death, for Christ's sake.
"Sketches of the Covenanters"
J. C. McFeeters