hold in respect
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Georgie guessed that Hermy was making a humourous allusion to Foljambe, who was the one person in Riseholme whom his two sisters seemed to hold in respect.
From Queen Lucia by Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)
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
Do they really hold, in respect to every act of will, that, in the circumstances of its occurrence, that one act only is possible, and that cannot but arise?
From Doctrine of the Will by Mahan, Asa
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.
