have respect to

Example Sentences

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The private desires have respect to our own happiness.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander

Those who are in love truly conjugial, in marriage have respect to what is eternal; but with those who are not, the case is reversed, n.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel

I know not the answer of this question unless it be that we of Canada need practice in the excellencies of those graces which have respect to personal simplicity and disrespect to communal opinion.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

Those who do not venerate their poets, and have respect to the early history of their country, are a dull, besotted people.

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist

"They'll have respect to me, if they find me reading that, I know," she thought.

From Twilight Stories by Sidney, Margaret