He prepares his tea a la Russe in a brightly-polished samovar which compares favourably with his tea-cups and country-made tin spoons.

As everyone knows, the plebiscite of March 20, 1921, in spite of the violence and notwithstanding the officially protected brigandage, resulted favourably to Germany.

" "Very true, sir; quite truewe are all sinners, and ought to look favourably on each other's failings.

"But I do wish you'd consider favourably an invitation to be our honoured guest on the voyage to New York.

I am inclined to judge so favourably, sir, of the intentions of those whom I am now opposing, that I believe they have only used this argument, because they were able to produce no other, and that if either reason or experience had been on their side, the poverty of the nation had not been mentioned.

If you should favourably suppose no more to be sold, yet why should those who now buy any supposed quantity, buy less when the restraint is taken away? If it be urged, that the present law does in reality impose no restraint, the intended act will make no alteration.

" It would be a great solace to me should this work be received favourably, and be deemed to reflect honour on the memory of my lamented husband; and, in the hope that such may be the case, I venture to commit it into the hands of an indulgent public.

The common notion, therefore, seems to be erroneous; and Shenstone's witty remark on Divines trying to give the tree a jerk upon a death-bed, to make it lie favourably, is not well founded[700].

If the Delegates shall regard the granting thereof as likely to promote the peace, order, and security of the World, they may act favourably on the application, and their favourable action shall operate to constitute the Power so applying in all respects a full signatory party to this Covenant.

" Lady Mary offered her arm with pretty solicitude, and guided her aged but perfectly active visitor through the drawing-roomwhere she stopped to comment favourably upon the water coloursto the terrace, where John was sitting in the shade of the ilex-tree, absorbed in the London papers.

This appeal was favourably received, and an order from the tribunal of the Marshals of France permitted the bourgeois to breed canaries, but it forbade the sale of them, which it was considered would interfere with the trade of the master-fowlers of the town, faubourgs, and suburbs of Paris.

They were very well received when they were delivered, and were favourably reviewed when they were published a year later.

'June 28.The animal was again seen, and appeared to be going on very favourably.

It is our opinion that these two conditions, even including an actual arthritis, always exist, even in an attack of laminitis that ends favourably.

In that it is certainly rough, and is not calculated to favourably impress the more critical of our clientele.

If the case progresses favourably these materials are soon absorbed and resolution occurs.

It is also spoken of favourably by Mr. C.H. Flynn in the American Veterinary Review for June, 1888, whose treatment is as follows: 'Place the patient in a clean, well-ventilated, and drained stable.

" I am favourably inclined towards Bathing Machine Attendant (why not Bathing Mechanic, for short?)

The suggestion was favourably received; and so profusely adopted, that no less than fifty-five individuals were placed upon the list, at the head of which stood the name of the Duc d'Anjou.

They might unbind him first though, so as to place him favourably with regard toeconomy.

Lord CURZON said the suggestion that the House should sit on more days in the week had not been favourably received.

So strong there, too, was the feeling against O'Connell, that little expectation was entertained of its being favourably received.

English formality, and what he conceived to be English hypocrisy, did not contrast favourably with his earlier and gayer experiences in France, and made an extremely unfavourable impression upon his mind; which found expression in letters to his friends and to his mother.

This petition was favourably received by the government, and a proclamation was issued promising lands to settlers in Prince Edward Island on terms similar to those granted to settlers in Nova Scotia and Quebec.

They compared very favourably with the Loyalists who came from England and the Maritime Provinces, who were described by Cartwright as 'idle and profligate.'