Sentence examples for favor upon from inspiring English sources

Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte — son and grandson of kings, nephew and cousin of emperors, bearer of the century's most famous name — had come to call on the ruler of the American republic, to bestow his imperial favor upon the beleaguered president at a moment when the president needed all the favors he could get.

The first, which we might call the vagueness argument, says that while beneficiaries may have an obligation to return a favor upon a benefactor at some point, the beneficiary has substantial latitude in deciding when and how to bestow his grateful favor (Camenisch 1981: 15 16; Fitzgerald 1998: 138).

Card (1988) argues that in bestowing a favor upon a beneficiary, we should see the benefactor as expressing her faith in the beneficiary as someone worthy of benevolence, and as someone who can be trusted to return a favor in the future.

May the Lord bestow favor upon you and grant you peace".

They had expected another victory like at Badr, which was considered a sign of God's favor upon them.

"And the Lord was pleased, and bestowed much favor upon Reince Ben Richard, until he was wroth with him".

As for Carson's remarks, I note that Kennedy said he did not "look with favor upon those who would work to subvert Article VI of the Constitution by requiring a religious test -- even by indirection -- for it.

Kennedy: I would not look with favor upon a president working to subvert the first amendment's guarantees of religious liberty; nor would our system of checks and balances permit him to do so….