Preserved

Again, the feast of the Purification was the time to kindle a “brand” preserved from the Christmas log. ❋ John (2008)

You gotta get your own subject and if everyone picks somebody then there will be just that much more preserved from the floor cracks. at ❋ Unknown (2008)

The second definition of the word safe is "having been preserved from a real danger." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Tolkien's point on the wider sweep of imagination aside, I think there's something in the assertion that Beowulf uses materials "preserved from a day already changing and passing" to bring down though generations the story we claim we know. ❋ Mary Kate Hurley (2007)

Beowulf is not a “primitive poem;” it is a late one, using the materials (then still plentiful) preserved from a day already changing and passing, a time that has now for ever vanished, swallowed in oblivion; using them for a new purpose, with a wider sweep of the imagination, if with a less bitter and concentrated force. ❋ Mary Kate Hurley (2007)

And by now, there's virtually no way to put two words together that doesn't have a Greek label preserved in aspic by generations of English department pedants. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In a sense, Gaskin preserved the spiritual optimism of the early Haight, which appealed to some of those in SDS who, unable to choose sides as the national organization splintered into competing factions, took new interest in the counterculture's idealist approach to social change. ❋ Unknown (2007)

“That they must be preserved is indisputable; it simply must be done.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

Today, the portion of the homestead that's been preserved is just 27 acres. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But Felix Potvin preserved the lead with a series of outstanding saves, and Belanger capped his big night with an empty net shorthanded goal with 2 1/2 minutes to play. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Potvin preserved the deadlock by denying Patrick Marleau on another wraparound attempt with 46 seconds left in regulation. ❋ Unknown (2002)

After getting the go-ahead tally, Aucoin preserved the lead during a Maple Leafs 'power play with 8: 43 to go in the second period. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Khabibulin preserved the shutout with a pad stop on Scott Gomez with less than two minutes to play. ❋ Unknown (2001)

The patient toil, the even temper, the noble purpose which inspired his life, had achieved their goal -- he was a national hero as truly as any statesman or soldier of his generation; and if, according to his nature he wished his body to lie in a humble grave, he deserved full well to have his name preserved and honoured in our most sacred national shrine. ❋ George Henry Blore (N/A)

I was sure that we were preserved from the reproach of luxury, because we had made a fine place for Chris, one little part of the world that was, so far as surfaces could make it so, good enough for his amazing goodness. ❋ Unknown (1918)

One of the last letters dated from Chawton that have been preserved is addressed to Jane's little niece, Cassy. ❋ Unknown (1901)

Colonel Buncombe was distinguished for his undaunted courage, his martial appearance, and his open, unstinted hospitality; worthy is his name preserved in one of the most lovely Counties of our State. ❋ John Hill (1884)