Example Sentences

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It is kind, indeed, of him," Desmond said, "but I doubt whether the colonel will assent.

From In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain by Sheldon, Charles Mills

With all my heart, said Alisander, I will assent thereto.

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

No man who seriously cares for Byron will assent to this doctrine. 

From Pages from a Journal with Other Papers by Rutherford, Mark

Guy Johnson assures himself, and depends upon your coming to his assistance… He believes not that you will assent to let him suffer.'

From The War Chief of the Six Nations A Chronicle of Joseph Brant by Langton, H. H. (Hugh Hornby)

I believe his brother, when living, had formed precisely the same idea of him; and I apprehend the world will assent to both judgments.

From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Lamb, Charles