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A version of this article appears in print on February 4, 2014, on page A15 of the with the headline: Former Aide To Christie Invokes Fifth .

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2014

Invokes strange deities: verse which erst while “Has dull'd the splendid circle of the moon; “And hid with rain-charg'd clouds her father's face.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

His southern hermit, his unchanging friend, Sends him such tribute, as the heart may send, Love, that, in honouring a peaceful sage, Invokes all blessings on his hallowed age.

From Poems on Serious and Sacred Subjects Printed only as Private Tokens of Regard, for the Particular Friends of the Author by Hayley, William

The hardy warrior now once more Offers the sacrifice of gore; The shield-bearer in Loke's game Invokes once more great Odin's name.

From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

The queen assents, and from the infernal bowers Invokes the sable subtartarean powers, And those who rule the inviolable floods, Whom mortals name the dread Titanian gods.

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander