| Again and again did he ask himself, how was it that esteeming him thus she was willing to join her fate to his? |
| The latter is supposed to be a sufficiently formal reference point for esteeming persons. |
| Esau gladly accepted, esteeming the food more precious than a promise which seemed likely never to be fulfilled. |
| The physician bowed and took his leave, esteeming himself somewhat fortunate in escaping without being reproached for his humanity in having allowed Henrietta to die unawares. |
| There were Dunkards in the Valley who refused to go to war, esteeming it a sin. |
| As for esteeming him, she rejected the very thought precisely because he had married her. |
