1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley [et al.]:

1 Pané the chicken suprêmes. Shake off all surplus crumbs.

Instead of this, the dominant role of language in nation-building in many states, at least in the early post-independence era, has been […] pragmatic nationism rather than aggressive nationalism.

He applied a light to the laid-in fuel, and a cheerful radiance spread around.