Benton's object in attacking the treaty on this point was to excite the South to a degree that would make the senators from that section refuse to join in Ratifying it; but the attempt was a flat failure.
"Thomas Hart Benton"
Theodore Roosevelt
The whole French nation is behind me at this moment, silently Ratifying my promise.
"The New Book Of Martyrs"
Georges Duhamel
And he was at once happy and uneasy; happy, for the meeting he had had with the father guest-master, had removed all the doubts he had entertained as to the supernatural side to the sudden change of a priest for a monk to communicate him; happy, also, to know that not only had Christ not repulsed him in spite of all the disorders of his life, but that He was encouraging him and giving him pledges, Ratifying the signs of His favours by perceptible acts.
"En Route"
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans