take in good part
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We embraced at meeting, and our ships fired some cannon to salute Mocreb Khan, which he seemed to take in good part.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Robert Kerr
And then, too, Sigismund Zaluski had a way of poking fun at him which he resented, and would not take in good part.
From The Autobiography of a Slander by Edna Lyall
We replied, that we were content and wearied enough to rest any where, and were prepared to take in good part any abode he could offer us for the night.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross
This she asked in the playful manner which she knew he would take in good part.
From An Old Man's Love by Anthony Trollope
At a merry supper party he plied one of the guests, a seemingly unconscious, stolid Scotchman named Johnstone, with sneers and sarcasms which the Scotchman seemed to disregard or take in good part.
From A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III by Justin McCarthy
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