hold in respect
Example Sentences
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He could not hold in respect the man who, it seemed to him, had betrayed his friends.
From Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 by Bartlett, D. W.
Jesuits recognize only one creed, Freemasons hold in respect all honest convictions.
From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Newton, Joseph Fort
Paris, the impregnable, vanquished by famine, is no longer able to hold in respect the German hordes.
From Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by Leighton, John
I know not; I only feel that here we are subdued by genius, which men still hold in respect.
From Great Violinists And Pianists by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
No, Madame; human nature such as his does not stir to these when they come from the lips of one he does not hold in respect.
From The Grey Cloak by Peirce, Thomas Mitchell
