Do we say favorite or favourite

favorite 3324 occurrences

It will be an impossible, short-lived republic, the separation of which will one day cease, and which, meanwhile, will be incapable of realizing any of its favorite projects.

attractiveness; popularity; favorite &c 899. lover, suitor, follower, admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret^, beau, sweetheart, inamorato

affectionate, tender, sweet upon, sympathetic, loving; amorous, amatory; fond, erotic, uxorious, ardent, passionate, rapturous, devoted, motherly. loved &c v.. beloved well beloved, dearly beloved; dear, precious, darling, pet, little; favorite, popular.

Favorite N. favorite, pet, cosset, minion, idol, jewel, spoiled child, enfant gate

Favorite N. favorite, pet, cosset, minion, idol, jewel, spoiled child, enfant gate

love, [person who is a favorite (terms of address)], dear, darling, duck, duckey, honey, sugar, jewel; mopsey^, moppet, princess; sweetheart, sweetie &c (love) 897.

general favorite, universal favorite; idol of the people.

general favorite, universal favorite; idol of the people.

At the beginning of 1827 he was preparing a fresh measure on the same subject, the effect of which was intended to diminish still farther the protection which the former act had given, and which was in consequence denounced by many landholders of great wealth and influence, led, on this subject, by the King's favorite brother, the Duke of York.

The scheme which in the spring of 1834 they introduced to Parliament was the first instance of the adoption in this country of that system of centralization which has long been a favorite with some of the Continental statesmen, but which is not equally in harmony with the instincts of our people, generally more attached to local government.

In mediaeval times it was a great favorite with the church, and was appointed for use at compline, from the first vespers of Trinity Sunday up to nones on the Saturday before Advent Sunday.

The brevity of human life is naturally enough a favorite theme with poets.

favorite, -a, favorite. faz, f., face.

favorite, -a, favorite. faz, f., face.

Or were those who had invited him negrophilists, (to use Mr. Cushing's favorite word,) and therefore deserving of such retribution?

At Passau we put up at the Wild Man (Zum Wilden Mann), a favorite sign for inns in these parts.

The young Napoleon is, it appears, a great favorite of the soldiers, who quite adore him, and he will sometimes go into the kitchen to get bread and meat to give to the soldiers on Guard at the Palace.

His tomb and that of St John Nepomucene, a favorite saint of the Bohemians, is in this church.

Libussa, Duchess of Bohemia, had three lovers, two of whom were not remarkably intelligent, but the third possessed a great deal of talent and was her favorite.

Her favorite was the only one who could guess the number of plums which was thirty.

The next morning I began my rambles, and directed my course to the favorite and fashionable promenade of the beau monde, at all hours of the day, I mean in the fine street or alley Unter den Linden, so called from it being planted with lime trees.

Wine, coffee, beer and other refreshments are to be had; but beer is the favorite beverage.

Lewis' romance of "The Monk" is a great favorite in Germany.

Yet, witnessing the mortal combats of the captives taken to war, killing each other in the amphitheatre, amidst the acclamations of the populace, was a favorite amusement with Titus.

Frank willingly agreed, for Harry Scott had always been a favorite with him, though many years his senior.

favourite 3458 occurrences

not only as its compassionate and active spirit was the guide of his pursuits, but as one of its prime ornaments was his favourite associate and his bosom-friend.

"In these few words, my brethren, we have a passage of Scripture, that served as a favourite maxim, or leading truth, to the admirable personage whose glorious qualities it is now both my duty and my delight to recall to your remembrance.

But I soon observed, to my inexpressible concern, that while Gratitude and Admiration were busy in exciting the various ranks of the vast assembly, to accomplish this favourite design, they were followed by two earthy fiends of a dark and malignant influence: these were Detraction and Indifference, who shed such a chill and depressive mist around them, that all the ardour of the Assembly seemed to sink.

The audience at the Society Theatre is a special one; as at the plays in which the favourite actor-managers and jeunes premiers perform there are always far more women than men, at this theatre there are always far more men than women.

In the end some native sailors came to the rescue and dragged all three out, but Grace Darling and the favourite pupil whom she had endeavoured to save were both dead.

She was a general favourite; and, when any petition had to be asked of father, it was always Bessie who was put forward to do it, as the children knew how good were her chances of being successful in her mission.

Yet he fought the bullies, and kept his word; he was brave, honest and manly, and was a great favourite.

Isaiah was his favourite book.

One day she came across her father's old shepherd, looking as miserable as could be; and, on inquiring the cause, found that a mischievous boy had thrown a stone at his favourite dog, which had broken its leg, and he was afraid it would have to be killed.

He was so frank, so ready to see his own faults, that he was always a favourite.

It was rather a favourite habit of his to punish himself by fines for bad behaviour.

Then mounting his favourite charger, Copenhagen, he rode to the positions where his men were posted, and made a careful and thorough inspection.

"If Chloe is my sister's favourite servant, Dido," I remarked, "you are to remember that Neb is mine.

Mrs. Drewett was extremely indulgent, even while warmest, seeming to me to resist Lucy's opinion as an affectionate mother would contend with the mistaken notions of a very favourite child.

They are said to eat coarse and dry, but are, nevertheless, a favourite food with the inhabitants; and are caught in great quantities near the town, and to a considerable distance above it.

The late Sir William Curtis was known to be one of the best tempered men of his day, which made him a great favourite with the late king.

Seeing his poor favourite in the cheetar's mouth, like a mouse in Minette's, he put spurs to his horse, rode after the beast, and so frightened him, that he dropped the dog and made off.

The concussion given to his person in descending caused the helmet to become a hood; the pot slipped down over his face, and resting with the rim upon his neck, stuck fast there; enclosing his whole head as completely as ever that of a new born child was enclosed by the filmy bag, with which nature, as an indication of future good fortune, sometimes invests the noddles of her favourite offspring.

Mrs. M. Another favourite instrument was the violin, a small and curiously shaped apparatus fitted with four strings, which, when rubbed or scraped with horsehair tightly stretched on a narrow wooden frame, were made to produce sounds imitating the cries of various animals, especially the mewing of a cat, to perfection.

What is the favourite occupation of the nobs?

What is the favourite occupation of the mob?

In this canoe was a young warrior, whom Bill Brown and Wattles at once recognised as a favourite son of the chief.

Perhaps he reflected that the stern processes of his favourite evolution demanded more knowledge of this machine than even he had acquired.

SEE Descants on favourite hymns.

SEE Descants on favourite hymns.

Do we say   favorite   or  favourite