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  •   Since cold each kinder heart that might approve,

    Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 2007

  • Such beauty, grace and charm has she, I'm sure you will approve,

    Madam La Marquise 2000

  • Rectory, and if ever his mistress gave an order he did not approve,

    Nuttie's Father Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Heard voice persuades, her generous smiles approve,

    War songs of the South ed. William G. Shepperson. 1862

  • Sweet bard, whose tones great Milton might approve,

    The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan William Lisle Bowles 1806

  • It was bad enough when the mainstream Gallup poll had Obama at an all time low of 45% approve,

    Mike's America Mike's America 2010

  • But with regard to the 2+2 meeting, we expect that Secretary Gates and Secretary Clinton, together with Defense Minister Kim and Foreign Minister Yu, will discuss, and likely approve,

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • [To REGAN and GONERIL] And your large speeches may your deeds approve,

    King Lear 1605

  • He gave an audience of security professionals the details of his five step process for getting executives and boards to understand, and even approve,

    danblacharski's blog 2009

  • It provides a balance to the rampant materialism and maudlin sentimentalism of Christmas - it's nice to take time to consider lofty concepts like Self-Determination that are so universal that Ralph Waldo Emerson would approve,

    Jack & Jill Politics 2009

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