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Grave points of law were raised, but Mr. Gladstone, though warmly reprobating the prime minister's recommendation of a divine so sure to raise the hurricane, took no leading part in the strife that followed.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John

Mr Hume has thought proper to make a motion in the House of Commons, reprobating this act as one of murder.

From Diary in America, Series Two by Marryat, Frederick

I told him generally in the sarcastic or reprobating tone he had used, and particularly in his personal attack on the Duke for holding the offices.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III by Greville, Charles

Any one reprobating in any shape, pleasure as such, is a partisan of this principle.

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

In the spectacle of these Christians reprobating each others' creeds Goethe saw a theme for a moral satire which, fragment as it is, takes its place with the most powerful efforts of his genius.

From The Youth of Goethe by Brown, Peter Hume