Force is regarded by persons of the highest amiability as necessary to the defense of society, and the Church applauds the punishments inflicted by the civil magistrate, and even hastens to bless the banners and baptize the deadly weapons of the warrior.
"The Empire of Love"
W. J. Dawson
M. Laffitte is not unfrequently seen with the king on these occasions, and when they embrace the crowd applauds.
"The Idler in France"
Marguerite Gardiner
"I will hear your song sublime Some other time," Says the drowsy monarch, yawning, And retires; each laughing guest applauds the jest; Then they sleep till day is dawning.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow