bore upon
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Chairman Sophie Irene Loeb, President of the Child Welfare Board, began the speechmaking, all of which bore upon uniform national laws concerning child protection and widows' pensions.
From Time Magazine Archive
L— was handsome; besides, he bore upon his person the evidence of a higher quality—courage; the quality that, before all others, will win the heart of a woman.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne
Now it seemed as though He bore upon His brow an invisible helm of victory, on which the dove of the Holy Spirit rested with outspread wings.
From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
The work bore upon it the imprint of success.
From The History of Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Elijah" by Edwards, Frederick George
When first our Southern flag arose, Beside the heaving sea, It bore upon its silken folds A green Palmetto tree.
From Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 by Anonymous
