All 8 Uses of
approbation
in
John Adams by McCullough
- He perceived life as a stirring drama like that of the theater, but with significant differences, as he wrote to a classmate, Charles Cushing: Upon common theaters, indeed, the applause of the audience is of more importance to the actors than their own approbation.†
Subsection 1.1.2
- "I take vast satisfaction in the general approbation of the Massachusetts Constitution," he would tell a friend.†
Subsection 2.4.4 *
- Appearing before a congressional committee considering the "conduct of Mr. Adams," La Luzerne stated the need for an American plenipotentiary who would "take no step without the approbation of his Majesty," and who, furthermore, would "receive his directions from the Comte de Vergennes."†
Subsection 2.5.2
- Such approbation was "vast consolation," Adams responded, conceding that it had been a "hazardous" and "hasty" enterprise, and that he was pursuing it further.†
Subsection 2.7.4
- More applause followed on the appearance of Thomas Jefferson, who had been inaugurated Vice President upstairs in the Senate earlier that morning, and "like marks of approbation" greeted John Adams, who on his entrance in the wake of the two tall Virginians seemed shorter and more bulky even than usual.†
Subsection 3.9.1
- He had "shone forth" as in times of old, exciting "the liveliest approbation of all real Americans.†
Subsection 3.9.2
- There was nothing wavering in it; no little trick to catch a transitory approbation from the discontented, or to soothe the fractious.†
Subsection 3.9.2
- It has been received here with more applause and approbation than any speech which the President has ever delivered.†
Subsection 3.10.3
Definition:
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(approbation) approval - often official