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Example sentences for "accept the"

  • Upon this He came to Israel and spoke to them, "Will ye accept the Torah?

  • Thereupon He went to the children of Lot and said to them, "Will ye accept the Torah?

  • He went to the children of Esau and said, "Will ye accept the Torah?

  • Then He went to the children of Ishmael and said to them, "Do ye want to accept the Torah?

  • They said: "From unchastity do we spring; we do no want to accept the Torah.

  • All Katharine could do was to accept the invitation to wait.

  • I have been thinking a good deal about the suggestion which you made to me the other day, on the supposition that you could not get some man like the President of the College of Physicians to accept the office.

  • North of Arica, if we accept the evidence of M.

  • I shall say that as far as experiments in hand at the Botanical Garden in Edinburgh are concerned, it would be a pity to hesitate to accept the offer.

  • Alison did not feel herself obliged to accept the message, and Ermine could freely say, "Poor Harry!

  • Perhaps Ermine did not take into account the sunshiny content and cheerfulness that made herself a delightful companion and playfellow, able to accept the child as her solace, not her burthen.

  • Some of the turbulent chiefs of Ireland made proposals to Bruce, to accept the rule of that country.

  • The Duke of Gloucester returned, that since he used that strong language, it became his painful duty to think no more of himself, and to accept the Crown.

  • His generals said, he had best wait until his gallant son, the Earl of March, came up with his power; but, he was determined to accept the challenge.

  • I know it, and I accept the consequences.

  • If I accept the task, I shall devote myself body and soul to it.

  • We accept the theory of gravitation because it explains all the facts we know, and bears all the tests that we can put it to.

  • Whether such observations were intended to be flattering or sarcastic, I must respectfully decline to accept the compliment, or to apply the sarcasm to myself.

  • Dean Arabin had laughed at him because he had persisted in walking ten miles through the mud instead of being conveyed in the dean's carriage; and yet, after that, he had been driven to accept the dean's charity!

  • But then words had been spoken, and there had been glances in his eye, and a tone in his voice, and a touch upon his fingers, of which she could not altogether refuse to accept the meaning.

  • Born with a proud and independent spirit which never bowed at any one's command, how could I accept the idea of a man being held sacred?

  • Jourdan arose and declared that as far as he was concerned, he was ready to accept the position.

  • She understood now the instinct that had forced her to fly from South Fifth Avenue, that had overruled her hesitation and had compelled her to accept the good-natured, prosperous man's invitation.

  • She saw that she must either accept the invitation or give up her position.

  • Having pledged himself to accept the decrees of the Council of Trent, to abide by the terms of the Concordat of 1516, and to rear his heir and successor as a Catholic he was reconciled to the Holy See.

  • He removed those bishops who were most outspoken in their opposition, banished the Dominicans who stood loyal to Rome, and tried to force the clergy to accept the change.

  • Luther was, however, induced to write a most submissive letter to the Pope in which he begged for an investigation, pledging himself at the same time to accept the decision of Leo X.

  • The Protestant princes, invited to send representatives, declined at first, but in a short time several of them agreed to accept the invitation.

  • I declined to accept the present, as I did not require drink, but solid food for the troops.

  • The expenses will continue, or perhaps augment, while the ivory produce must decrease for the first twelve months, or until the people will understand and accept the reform.

  • He was exceedingly polite, and smiled and bowed, beseeching me to accept the cider, as plenty of corn would be sent on the following day, when better arrangements would be made for future supplies.

  • If, on the other hand, we do know every living species, we must look for the animal in question among those marine creatures already cataloged, and in this event I would be inclined to accept the existence of a giant narwhale.

  • It seemed wiser to accept the harpooner's proposition than to debate it.

  • With the feelings of deep gratitude to you and them for this testimonial of regard and esteem I beg you to notify them that I accept the invitation so kindly tendered.

  • I understand you now to be willing to accept the help of men who are not Republicans, provided they have "heart in it.

  • This last would be a clear indication of policy, and would better enable the country to accept the evacuation of Fort Sumter as a military necessity.

  • He experienced a little relief when she did not bother him about his business nor inquire into his operations with Hollowell, and he fancied that she was getting to accept the world as Carmen accepted it.

  • I hope the next generation will not accept the reports of "interviews" as specimens of the conversations of these years of grace.

  • Mr. Fessenden was taken completely by surprise, and, very much agitated, protested his inability to accept the position.

  • His failure to accept the forms of his mother's creed did not rest on any lack of the spiritual need.

  • Miss Tarbell made herself the champion of the mythical explanation and collected a great deal of evidence that makes it hard to accept the story as a fact Tarbell, I, Chap.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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