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"I am obliged to you for your good opinion of me; but I hold my commission from the true and absolute Lords and Proprietors of this province , who recommended me to his majesty, and I have his approbation; it is by that commission and power I act, and I know of no power or authority can dispossess me of the same, but those only who gave me those authorities.
On the twenty-eighth clay of January, the queen in person told both houses that the treaty of union, with some additions and alterations, was ratified by an act of the Scottish parliament: that she had ordered it to be laid before them; and hoped it would meet with their concurrence and approbation.
This proposal was received with a shout of approbation by the drunken crew, and was warmly seconded by Bloody Mike himself, who regarded Mr. Patrick Mulligan as a formidable rival in his line of business, and therefore entertained feelings strongly hostile to his fellow-countryman.
It was determined that he should write to the squire, signifying his approbation of my passion for his sister, and offering a settlement, which he should have no reason to reject; and that, if he should refuse the proposal, we would crown our mutual wishes without any further regard to his will.
In plain English, the two chiefs in command were carrying the unconscious fleet into an act of defection which was intended to save their own heads. They wanted the admiral's approbation, which he refused.
"'Tis this: instead of pulling me to pieces, as all these rascals do of making me bend my back, and double my joints all of them low and dishonorable practices " D'Artagnan made a sign of approbation with his head. "'Monsieur, he said to me," continued Porthos, "'a gentleman ought to measure himself. Do me the pleasure to draw near this glass; and I drew near the glass.
"Here I go!" he exclaimed again, and then he swung at the ball with his well-known skill. It was a marvelous drive, and the murmurs of approbation that greeted it seemed to please Mr. Carwell. "Let's see anybody beat that!" he cried as he stepped off the tee to give place to Major Wardell. Mr.
One small word of approbation, even about her gown, would have been sweet to her at this moment. Is she so very pale? Is it that this white gown does not become her? A quick dislike to the beautiful robe and only an hour ago she had regarded it with positive affection now takes possession of her. "I am always pale," she says, with subdued resentment. "Not always.
The eloquence of the preacher was rewarded by the deep hum of stern approbation which resounded through the armed assemblage at the conclusion of an exhortation, so well suited to that which they had done, and that which remained for them to do.
At this very assembly, the Grand Master who had been elected, summoned only the Master and Wardens of the lodges to meet him in the quarterly communications; and Preston distinctly states, that soon after, the Brethren of the four old lodges, which had constituted the Grand Lodge, considered their attendance on the future communications of the society unnecessary, and therefore concurred with the lodges which had been subsequently warranted in delegating the power of representation to their Masters and Wardens, "resting satisfied that no measure of importance would be adopted without their approbation."
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