take in a particular sense, understand in a particular sense, receive in a particular sense, accept in a particular sense; understand by, put a construction on, be given to understand.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

It is easy, sir, to show you that you may be served upon better principles, and consequently be better served, and more to your satisfaction; and I dare undertake to convince you of it.
— from The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, Commonly Called Colonel Jack by Daniel Defoe

La Fayette said of Madam Washington that she belonged to the times of Sparta and ancient Rome rather than to those of his own day; and Mrs. Sigourney, whose fame as a poet has now failed, but who once was held in high esteem, thus wrote on the occasion of laying the cornerstone for the monument erected at Fredericksburg: "Methinks we see thee, as in olden times, Simple in garb, majestic and serene, Unawed by 'pomp and circumstance' in truth Inflexible and with a Spartan zeal Repressing vice and making folly grave.
— from Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by John Ruse Larus

It has also been stated that this retreat was the outcome of a secret understanding between Paoli and Cesari-Colonna that the expedition should miscarry.
— from The Life of Napoleon I (Complete) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

A jealousy, fomented by the Senate, sprang up between Pompeius and Crassus .
— from Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading by George Park Fisher

[222] Thus, "in its original form," the author concludes, "the division into classes is a striking confirmation of Morgan's theory, that the first step in the development of systems of relationship consists in the prevention of sexual union between parents and children in the wide sense."
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3 by George Elliott Howard

The essential difficulties of these later questions, and the shamefaced self-consciousness so usual between parent and child will never arise if from the first the deep truths have been known to the child.
— from Radiant Motherhood: A Book for Those Who are Creating the Future by Marie Carmichael Stopes

He went to Betsy and Belshazzar, and slowly drove up and down the streets until Betsy protested and calmly turned homeward.
— from The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter

* * Mrs. Sigourney, in her poetical tribute on the occasion of laying the corner-stone for the monument, "Methinks we see thee, as in olden time, Simple in garb, majestic and serene,— Unawed by 'pomp and circumstances'—in truth Inflexible—and with a Spartan zeal Repressing vice, and making folly grave.
— from The Women of The American Revolution, Vol. 1 by E. F. (Elizabeth Fries) Ellet