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I do not wish to pose either as a humbugging approver or as a sulky disapprover.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Huxley, Leonard

And so from every point of view, whether of pleasure, honour, or advantage, the approver of justice is right and speaks the truth, and the disapprover is wrong and false and ignorant?

From The Republic by Jowett, Benjamin

There was something about this kindness of her old disapprover which touched her deeply, and moved her to weakness more than had the sight of her recreant love with another girl.

From The Portion of Labor by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

And so from every point of view, whether of pleasure, honour, or advantage, the approver of justice is right and speaks the truth, and the disapprover is wrong and false and ignorant.

From The Republic by Jowett, Benjamin

He doesn't hold with anything, Cousin Emily; he's a general disapprover.

From Non-combatants and Others by Macaulay, Rose, Dame