hold in respect
Example Sentences
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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
The run of luck did not hold in respect to this; there was no key; and the combination dial was smug with ill-grounded confidence in its own inviolable integrity.
From Alias the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph
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
