Citations:approved

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English citations of approved

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  • 1678John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
    Why, go to him, and enter into some serious discourse about the power of religion; and ask him plainly (when he has approved of it, for that he will) whether this thing be set up in his heart, house, or conversation.
    Pray, if you incline to answer me in this, say no more than you know the God above will say Amen to; and also nothing but what your conscience can justify you in; for not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
  • 1813Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
    She highly approved his forbearance, and they had leisure for a full discussion of it, and for all the commendation which they civilly bestowed on each other, as Wickham and another officer walked back with them to Longbourn, and during the walk he particularly attended to her. His accompanying them was a double advantage; she felt all the compliment it offered to herself, and it was most acceptable as an occasion of introducing him to her father and mother.
  • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
    People in Nantucket invest their money in whaling vessels, the same way that you do yours in approved state stocks bringing in good interest.