All you are expected to applaud in them is the excellence of the avowed sham.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
applaud not yourself when you have done well.
"Letters of Madam Guyon"
P. L. Upham
In the House he can only speak, listen, and applaud.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell