But in various directions and at various points behind that front there are other interests to be Subserved, by vessels of inferior class, as garrisons may be made up wholly or in part of troops no longer well fitted for the field.
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan
His way led him by the temple of Mercury, which at that time Subserved the purpose of a boy's school, and was connected with some academical buildings, the property of the city, which lay beyond it.
"Callista"
John Henry Cardinal Newman
He resumed his reading and docketing by the light of the little lamp which had just Subserved the purposes of a spy.
"The Room in the Dragon Volant"
J. Sheridan LeFanu