Let none of these expressions, however, be construed to prove the distinct recognition of One Supreme Being.
She was transgressing the acknowledged rule of the house in saying any word that could be construed as being inimical to Crosbie or his bride.
They were also liable to be divorced for barrenness, which, if it could be construed into a fault, was at least the fault of nature, and might sometimes be that of the husband.
Writers anxious to discover Jewish or Christian analogies, forcibly construed myths to suit their pet theories, and for indolent observers it was convenient to catalogue their gods in antithetical classes.