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Assenting, the King then proposed to start the procession at once.

From Time Magazine Archive

Touch’d with remorse at this rebuke Young Richard, with a downcast look And tears he could not hide, Felt every word his father said, Assenting bow’d his little head, And press’d him to his side.

From Doctor Bolus and His Patients by Unknown

He said; and Agamemnon, King of men, Assenting, gave to brave Meriones The brazen spear; while in Talthybius' care, His herald, plac'd the King his noble prize.

From The Iliad by Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of

Assenting to this, Mr. Babington took his leave with the conviction on his mind that the governor was quite prepared to receive an order for the liberation of his prisoner.

From John Caldigate by Trollope, Anthony

Assenting to these statements, Claude said further, "He couldn't come to-night because he's going to be married on Thursday."

From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil