My child is right in Espousing the Candidate's cause, but her manner of doing so I cannot approve.
"Quicksands"
Adolph Streckfuss
I class you as one to whom the religious hypothesis is von vornherein so dead, that the risk of error in Espousing it now far outweighs for you the chance of truth, so you simply stake your money on the field as against it.
"The Letters of William James, Vol. II"
William James
Now one day, King Sulayman Shah went in to his brother's daughter and kissing her head, said to her, Thou art my daughter and dearer to me than a child, for the love of thy late father who hath found mercy; wherefore I purpose Espousing thee to one of my sons and appointing him my heir apparent, so he may be king after me.
"Supplemental Nights, Volume 1"
Richard F. Burton