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Mr. Eliot, in his "Survey of the Needs of Education," speaks appreciatingly of his father's having caused him to learn carpentry and wood-turning.

From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various

Ailworth nodded appreciatingly, now and then, and Doak even slapped his knee once and giggled aloud.

From The New Boy at Hilltop by Barbour, Ralph Henry

Governor Wise speaks far more justly and appreciatingly of him than any Northern editor, or politician, or public personage, that I chance to have heard from.

From A Plea for Captain John Brown Read to the citizens of Concord, Massachusetts on Sunday evening, October thirtieth, eighteen fifty-nine by Thoreau, Henry David

Mr. Eliot, in his “Survey of the Needs of Education,” speaks appreciatingly of his father’s having caused him to learn carpentry and wood-turning.

From The Women of Tomorrow by Hard, William

Framed against the black background of the hall, his dark, rather handsome face clearly revealed as he fronted the window, his black, audacious eyes fixed appreciatingly upon the lady, stood "Black Bart" Hawley.

From Keith of the Border by Parrish, Randall