When they saw the lion under the fallen apple tree they did not know whether to laugh, or praise Leo the most.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
It now pleased her to imagine, and even more to say, that it was he who had spoken those words of praise, of liking, of warm but unlover-like affection....
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
I remarked that you would not suffer the heat of discussion to draw you into an angry attack-" "And you praise me for it!"
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever