" Mere preservation, however, tho a most comfortable, is not the only hope of the Church; she has the prospect of increase.

All that justice demanded was that the closing years of his life should be made as comfortable as care and wealth could make them; and Hartfield and Haselden took immediate steps to this end.

Reaching the tower, I made myself as comfortable as circumstances would permit, and settled down to watch through the night.

The cars are perfectly safe, and more comfortable than coaches.

We lowered our bedding, pillows, camp-equipage, and provisions down through the chimney hole of the largest yurt in the small village, arranged them as tastefully as possible on the wide wooden platform which extended out from the wall on one side, and made ourselves as comfortable as darkness, smoke, cold, and dirt would permit.

Towers were far more comfortable than dungeons, in her opinion, and when Malcolm came up the ladder with a plateful of the choicest morsels of the feast, she began to enjoy her part of the play.

"Captain Wallingford: "Dear Sir, and my dear MilesHere I have been, moored head and starn, these ten days, as comfortable as heart could wish, in the bosom of my family.

Officers of all rank thronged the hotels, and made themselves as comfortable as men could be in Cairo.

Mrs. T. a Presbyterian kind woman-killer; Female slave whipped to death; Food; Nakedness of slaves; Old man flogged after praying for his tyrant; Slave-huts not as comfortable as pig-sties.

The hotel, kept by an Italian, was as comfortable as possiblestone floors, high ceilings, big windows and doors, a cool, open courtyard, and a shower-bath.