acknowledgment

• Accept this acknowledgment, and pardon me Nay, what have I to pardon? —  Olive A Novel
• She felt how much she loved him, and the acknowledgment was embittered by the idea that this feeling was not reciprocal The next morning, when the hour had passed at which Seymour had stated that he was to leave the spot, Emily bent her steps to the cottage, that she might, by conversation with her friend Mrs McElvina, obtain, if possible, some clue to the motives which had induced our hero to behave as we have narrated Susan was equally anxious to know in what manner Seymour had conducted himself, and soon obtained from Emily the information which she required. —  The King's Own
• If any thing can rouse me to health it surely ought to be news from England Lord Althorp has, I see, made a spirited but ineffectual effort for the repeal of the foreign enlistment bill; a most interesting subject in this country: and I see with pleasure a virtual acknowledgment from the English ministers of the independence of Spanish America 22d_.--This is the eve of St. John's, whereon the maidens of Brazil practise some of the same rites as those of Scotland do at Hallowe'en, to ascertain the fate of their loves. —  Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823
• The Committee gave a unanimous murmur of acknowledgment, and were immediately smitten with embarrassment. —  Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story
• Fox desired an immediate recognition of American independence, in the hope of detaching the Americans from the French alliance, and so putting England in a better position for dealing with her other enemies; Shelburne agreed with the king that the acknowledgment should be a condition of a joint treaty with France and America, for England would then have a claim to receive some return for it Shelburne with, it is said,[169] the consent of the cabinet, sent one Oswald to Paris to open informal negotiations with Franklin.

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