"And, yet," rejoined Byrd, "that very act acquits him in your eyes.
"Hand and Ring"
Anna Katharine Green
I may make mistakes sometimes, but my heart-my heart, Mr. Roscoe," continued Socrates, tapping his waistcoat, "is right, and acquits me of any intentional injustice."
"Hector's Inheritance or The Boys of Smith Institute"
Horatio Alger
He wore a furred coat and boots, and never, to Odo, had he appeared more proud and splendid; but Donna Laura had hardly a word for him, and he rode with the set air of a man who acquits himself of a troublesome duty.
"The Valley of Decision"
Edith Wharton