hold in respect

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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

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

But the fate of Armenia, and the position which she was to hold in respect of the two great rivals, Rome and Parthia, were not yet decided.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George

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