hold in respect
Example Sentences
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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
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
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.
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)
It is being overwise, to treat with contempt what mankind hold in respect: and philosophy teaches us not to extinguish our feelings, but to correct and refine them.
From A Voyage to the Moon by Tucker, George
