55 examples of likings in sentences

" Tsz-kung asked, "I suppose a gentleman will have his aversions as well as his likings?"

"Is that wicked, mediaeval powerin the hands of the few, but still strong enough to overrule the natural tendencies of peoples towards peace and friendship and to turn their likings into hatredsis it going to continue when this war is over?

One third of it thou canst well spare to us for thy entertainment and that of thy train, for thou art very rich; one third of it thou canst better spare for charity, for, Bishop, I hear that thou art a hard master to those beneath thee and a close hoarder of gains that thou couldst better and with more credit to thyself give to charity than spend upon thy own likings.

Tancred, the Prince of Salerne, overloves His only daughter (wonder of that age) Gismund, who loves the County Palurin Guiscard, who quites her likings with his love: A letter in a cane describes the means Of their two meetings in a secret cave.

I am, in plainer words, a bundle of prejudicesmade up of likings and dislikingsthe veriest thrall to sympathies, apathies, antipathies.

They are awkward people to deal with, and have strange likings for "hot water.

In others, it is dished up with Dignitaries of all sorts; men and women of position and estate for whom the host has special likings or uses.

And surely, when that I had her to my likings, I stept back a little pace, and lookt at her.

This is a just fear if criticism merely springs from the critics' personal likings or prejudices, but no such evil effects need be feared if the criticism springs from deep thought, from knowledge of the facts and from the patience and wisdom which thought and knowledge bring.

The first is a gentleman in every sense of the word, the latter endurable, but the young Absalom is my aversion, I am subject to involuntary likings and dislikings, for which I can give no reason, and though the man may be in every way amiable, his presence is very distasteful to me.

" It was a pleasant dinner for both, and each seemed to find out a good deal about the other's likings and dislikings, thoughperhaps purposely, perhaps by accidentthey said singularly little about their own affairs, their past lives, or future intentions.

" "I know that there are those that have great obstacles to overcome, but I think that while Southerners may have more personal likings for certain favorite servants, they have stronger prejudices than even we have, or if they have no more than we have, they have more self-restraint, and show it more virulently.

"But likings mustn't interfere with duty," he went on, smiling.

So I meant it And use it as a penance for my pride; And yet, alas, through my own vulgar likings Or stubborn self-conceit, 'tis none to me.

The varieties of the emotional constitution and of likings and antipathies are very numerous and wide.

But well I know without deceiving, That in her heart she keeps alive still Old school-day likings, which survive still In spite of absenceworldly coldness And thereon can my Muse take boldness To crown her other praises three With praise offriendly Daubeny.

shallow loves, And likings of a ten days' growth, use courtesies, And shew red eyes at parting.

She inquired as to Miss Shepperson's likings in the matter of diet, and strongly approved her preference for a plain, nutritive regimen.

And as thou hast the gentleness and art Or rather truth-kind nature thou mayst tear it From all its other likings, win and wear it.

I have seen but little of her lately; but I liked to know that she was not far off; now Aniela will absorb me altogether, because I give to her that power which rules our likings, and makes us conscious of friendship.

Love or hate one another as you will, I leave to each man his own moods and likings; Yet know the worth of each of you to me. ILLO.

He had posed for more than thirty years to his parish, to his three wives, to his three children, and to himself, till he had become unconscious of his real thoughts, his real motives, his real likings and dislikings.

Likings carried too far are baseness or weakness; one must learn to play one's part properly if one wishes to be esteemed; you can do it if you will but restrain yourself a little and follow the advice given you; if you are heedless, I foresee great troubles for you, nothing but squabbles and petty cabals which will render your days miserable.

It is not of the past, nor yet of likings, imaginings, recriminations that I must speak.

In this mixed sort The months passed on, remissly, not given up 325 To wilful alienation from the right, Or walks of open scandal, but in vague And loose indifference, easy likings, aims Of a low pitchduty and zeal dismissed, Yet Nature, or a happy course of things 330 Not doing in their stead the needful work.

55 examples of  likings  in sentences