We are indeed told, that the visible effects of his majesty's measures prove their expediency, and that we may safely applaud that conduct of which we receive the benefits.

His hearers applauded this gloomy sentiment, till his cheeks flushed again with honest satisfaction.

," said Frank, applauding his sister's speech.

The Scots and Picts were unable to resist the valour of these auxiliaries; and the Britons, applauding their own wisdom in calling over the Saxons, hoped thenceforth to enjoy peace and security under the powerful protection of that warlike people.

It is difficult to imagine Elizabethan audiences as not more intelligent than those that applaud Mr. Pettit's plays.

I am no judge of racing, but I love the aspect of sleek, slim horses, and I could applaud a skill in which I had no share.

For this labor of love the slaveholding South is warmly grateful and applauds its reverend ally, as if a very Daniel had come as their advocate to judgment.[D]

George was divided between books and a fiddle; Harry instantly declared for a little gun; and Madame Warrington (as she then was called) was hurt that her elder boy should have low tastes, and applauded the younger's choice as more worthy of his name and lineage.

He applauded the courage and firmness of the senate, acquainted them with his force, and told them that he had ten legions ready; that he was moreover informed and assured that Caesar's soldiers were disaffected, and that he could not persuade them to defend or even follow him.

Sure enough, Pinacle received the cross of honour in the autumn when the Duc de Berry came to review the troops at Phalsbourg, and even Aunt Grédel, who was fond of abusing Napoleon and the Jacobins, and applauding the king and the clergy, thought this a shameful thing.

See the State Trials; and the History of England by Hume, who applauds the impartial justice executed upon a man of high rank.

Mrs. Lorimer warmly applauded the idea.

This was done in the most cautious manner, and as soon as he was sufficiently near the boat he dropped or rather threw the basket into my hand and immediately retreated to his companions, who applauded his feat by a loud shout of approbation.

When the company applauded not only his eloquence but his impartiality, Johnson replied, "That is not quite true; I saved appearances tolerably well, but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it."

Rasselas applauded the design, and appeared, next day, with a splendid retinue at the court of the bassa.

Again he was forced to pause, while his guests, with hand and voice, applauded the clever words.

But the pledge once made, it had to be carried out, and even those who most applauded his decision wondered how he would meet the almost insuperable difficulties it involved.

Southern white men may applaud this advice as wise, because it fits in with their purposes; but Senator McEnery of Louisiana, in a recent article in the Independent, voices the Southern white opinion of such acquiescence when he says: "What other race would have submitted so many years to slavery without complaint?

Although I mist a happines, I applaud Your nimble wit that securd both our honours.

The poem, when it appeared, was reviled by some critics as an allegory of the war with Russia, and they did its author the injustice of supposing that he lauded war for war's sake, instead of, as is the case, applauding war only in defence of liberty.

They, on the one side, claim for him the highest degree of merit as a grammarian; and continue to applaud his works as if nothing more could be desired in the study of English grammara branch of learning which some of them are willing emphatically to call "his science."

And since we cannot have Thee trod o'th' stage, Wee will applaud Thee in this silent Page.

Sir ROGER hearing a Cluster of them praise Orestes, struck in with them, and told them, that he thought his Friend Pylades was a very sensible Man; as they were afterwards applauding Pyrrhus, Sir ROGER put in a second time; And let me tell you, says he, though he speaks but little, I like the old Fellow in Whiskers as well as any of them.

From behind the counter Jessie applauded the performers.

Accordingly, he replied to Maharbal, that "he applauded his zeal, but that time was necessary to ponder the proposal."